General News

In the five months since since Ajijic Delegado Hector España pulled together a mixed group of residents to guide him in setting an agenda to better the community, folks are starting to appreciate small changes that make a big difference.

The men and women of Chapala’s municipal police force are becoming mentally equipped to better serve the public through specialized training courses programmed during their off-duty hours.

Terror spread among some visitors when a waterspout (in Spanish: culebra, chimenea, tromba or manga) rose from Lake Chapala Saturday morning about 9 a.m. in front of the Hotel Real in Ajijic. 

A four-year-old girl drowned Friday, July 26 as she played at the edge of Lake Chapala with several other youngsters while her father was fishing out in the water.

Jalisco Governor Jorge Aristoteles Sandoval Diaz visited Jocotepec on Thursday, August 8, to break ground for a community hospital designed to serve 88,000 inhabitants in the lakeshore region who lack social security benefits and medical insurance to deal with health issues.

Atotonilquillo, Chapala’s most distant satellite community, is winding up to celebrate the 20th annual edition of Expo Membrillo, a colorful country-style fair set for August 10 and 11 that revolves around the town’s main fruit crop, the quince. 

The Lake Chapala Crime website is back on-line after a four month hiatus.

Embarking on a marathon working tour in the Lake Chapala region last week, Jalisco Human Rights Commission president Felipe de Jesus Alvarez Cibrian addressed local issues revolving around indigenous cultures, clean water and public security.