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Like Gerald Specht (left), dozens of expat residents contributed various types of plants and trees to the Ajijic Plant-In campaign coordinated by Harry Bublin (right), head honcho of town administrator Hector España’s expat advisory committee.
Prominent Jocotepec businessman Heriberto Ibarra Galvez died in a Guadalajara hospital on the evening of Tuesday, June 18, while undergoing treatment for a gunshot wound to the head sustained during a botched a kidnapping that occurred earlier in the day.
After failing to meet his objective of convincing scores of municipal employees to quit their jobs, Chapala Mayor Joaquin Huerta this week announced a “Plan B” to avoid bringing down the axe with outright dismissals to reduce payroll expenses.
A well-attended Fiesta Mexicana held June 15 at the Ajijic plaza pulled in around 20,000 pesos that will go towards the bronze casting of a work of art donated to Ajijic by renowned Mexican sculptor Miguel Miramontes.
An expatriate well-known for his ceaseless fundraising for the Chapala Red Cross needed help from that very institution after he became the victim of a hit-and-run driver on the morning of Sunday, June 2.
Two criminal suspects were killed and a police officer seriously injured in a shootout that took place Monday, June 17 in San Juan Cosala.
Chapala’s Captania de Puerto (Harbormaster’s office) marked the June 1 commemoration of the Dia de la Marina (Navy Day) with a traditional ceremony held at the waterfront Malecon, followed by boating excursion to pay tribute to local men who have lost their lives in the waters of Lake Chapala.
Irked by a sense that Chapala authorities are making no progress in ridding the downtown area of a reviled paid parking system, a throng of citizens took to the streets early Tuesday, June 11 to once again raise their voices.
Wrestlers Great Eku and Egipcio Junior muscled in on Chapala First Lady Marisela Navarro to promote the lucha libre spectacle scheduled Saturday, June 15, 7 p.m., as a fund-raising event to support DIF social assistance programs for local families.