Chapala

Jocofest Biker

Date: May 15

Motorcycle event

Location: Starting Jocotepec’s main plaza, continuing to the lookout point, and ending at the Jocotepec Boardwalk 

Time: Starting at 10:00am

Cost: Free 

Course «Literature of Mexican Women Writers». 

Dates: April 28, May 5, 12, 19 and 26

Virtual literary course, taught by Charlotte Carranza.

Location: Virtual course. For more information, call 33-1273-1110.

Time: 6:00-10:00pm

Vaccination for dogs and cats

During the next few days the Municipal Government through the Directorate of Ecology, in collaboration with the Secretary of Health Jalisco, will carry provide anti-rabies vaccinations day in Chapala and the other towns in the municipality

Locations: Centro de Salud Chapala, Flavio Romero de Velazco #406, Centro

Danvet Veterinary Clinic, Francisco I. Madero #699, local 22, Chapala

Time: 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 pm. 

Cost: Free 

With the soul of an infant

Date: May 14

Art Exhibition with cocktails

Location: Galería Sol y Luna, Río Bravo #10ª Ajijic
Time:

Cost. Free

Perspectives
Date: May 14

Plastic exhibition with cocktails

Location: House of Culture »José Vaca Flores,» Jocotepec
Time:

Cost: Free 

Avianto

Date: May 14
Inauguration of art exhibition

Location: González Gallo Cultural Center, Chapala
Time:
Cost: Free

Juan Carlos Arancibia

Date: May 15

Guitar concert

Location: González Gallo Cultural Center, Chapala
Time:
Cost: Free 

1st International Theater Festival of Jocotepec 2022

Date: April 27 to May 31

Information at Casa de Cultura «José Vaca Flores.» Call for more information: 38-7763-1621.

Location: Hidalgo Sur #38, Jocotepec, downtown

Time: 

Cost: Free 

The Whirlpool

Date: May 14

Book presentation with cocktails

Location: House of culture »José Vaca Flores,» Jocotepec

Time:

Cost: Free 

Translated by Amy Esperanto

Chapala generated 76 new formal jobs during April, according to the IIEG. Photo: Archive. 

In April, Chapala was placed on the list of 20 municipalities with the highest job generation, while Jocotepec joined the list of those with the greatest losses. 

This is according to figures presented by the Institute of Statistical and Geographic Information of the State of Jalisco, or IIEG, based on the IMSS database of insured workers.

Chapala ranked 13th with 76 new formal jobs generated during April, 59 of them permanent and 17 temporary. Leading this category was Autlán de Navarro with 514 workers, Tonalá with 454 new jobs and Guadalajara with 401 more insured workers. 

In contrast, Jocotepec ranked sixth on the list of municipalities with the greatest loss with 271 fewer formal jobs,167 casual and 104 permanent. Zacoalco de Torres had the greatest number, losing 925 workers. Tlaquepaque lost 835 and Zapotlán el Grande lost 741 formal jobs.

At the state level, Jalisco lost 2,061 formal jobs during April 2022, mainly in the agriculture, livestock, forestry and fishing sector. Despite this drop, during the first four months of the year, the state generated 34,716 new jobs, making it the second state in the country with the highest accumulated annual figure.

Translated by Mike Rogers

The accused used physical and psychological violence to commit the abuse on repeated occasions. Photo: Prosecutor’s Office.

Editorial Staff.- Joshua A., who gave mathematics tutoring classes to a minor and allegedly sexually abused him, is facing criminal proceedings after the evidence provided against him by the Regional Special Prosecutor’s Office of District V based in Chapala.

The accused used physical and psychological violence; and the crime was allegedly committed on repeated occasions during the month of December 2021.

The last aggression occurred last April 24, in a home located in the Sabinos II neighborhood, in the municipality of Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos, where said subject was carrying out school instruction to the victim.

Fearing that the accused would cause him greater harm, the victim kept silent; however, his brother found out about what happened, so he asked for help from his mother who, seeking access to justice, reported Joshua A.

The man was captured by agents of the Investigation Police of District V, who placed him at the disposal of a Supervisory Judge, who ordered him to stand trial, considering that the evidence was well-founded. 

In addition, the judge ratified the request of the Public Prosecutor’s Office for Joshua A. to remain in preventive custody for one year, as a precautionary measure.

Translated by Kerry Watson

Main square of the Magical Town of Ajijic. Photo: Sofía Medeles.

Sofía Medeles (Ajijic).- Despite the publication of the guidelines of the Program for Support and Promotion of Magical Towns of the State of Jalisco,  the Chapala government has failed to make progress in any of the  projects required  to access the available funds.

Social communication Director Elizabeth Oropeza Silva informed the media that they have not yet entered the grant program nor have any proposal ready to gol; however, next week they will have a meeting with the Secretary of Tourism of Jalisco, Claudia Vanessa Pérez Lamas. 

The work will taken over by the municipal commission set up by Ajijic councilwoman Denisse Michelle Ibarra González, municipal trustee Gamaliel de Jesús Soto Pérez, and councilman Francisco Iván Gutiérrez Pérez.

The  Program for Support and Promotion of Magical Towns of the State of Jalisco was published on May 3, 2022,  in the Official Gazette of the State of Jalisco and stipulates the areas of strengthening announced by the governor. These are: understanding and improvement of traffic patterns and mobility, creation of the position of tourist agent and establishing the office, and improvement of the urban image and waste management.

The required projects will have to focus on these  elements to access Ajijic’s share of the 17 million pesos which are divided among the nine Magical Towns. The overall budget allocates 3.5 million to mobility research and projects, urban image and waste management research and improvement;  3 million to set up and staff  the tourist agent office;  9 million 790 thousand pesos for the improvement of the urban image;  and 210 thousand 100 pesos for the administrative costs of remaining in the program.

The review and subsequent approval of the projects will be managed by the Evaluation Committee of the Ministry of Tourism of the State of Jalisco, and the support may be given in cash or in kind.

Translated by Patrick O’Heffernan

Restaurant at the pier, being remodeled for its next opening… Photo: Sofía Medeles.

Sofía Medeles (Ajijic).- The announcement of the upcoming opening of a restaurant in the controversial building located on the Ajijic pier, where the malecon begins, has generated a stir and mixed opinions among the Ajijic residents.

The opening of an Argentinean restaurant is emblazoned on a  large advertising banner placed on the building . This has displeased some residents because, according to them, this type of billboard is not allowed in Pueblos Mágicos, especially in the main square or tourist area.

The government  of Chapala has not commented on the matter and, as of the closing of this edition, has not said  if the business has the licenses and other requirements to operate, such as the safety of the diners or the basic services to operate.

Several Ajijic residents were interviewed about the issue in an unscientific sample and most of them were against it. They felt that the concessionaire, Fabio Rizzo, was appropriating public space and abusing the rights of local people. 

«This concession should be reviewed. Mr. Rizzo feels he owns the federal land and believes he is doing us a favor by letting us have the malecon. A business of this type could lead to the situation of the Piedra Barrenada (tourist-food zone of San Juan Cosalá), we do not want it to be replicated in Ajijic”, said one resident interviewed by Laguna.. 

“As local residents  we can ask for support from the authorities to review the concession and what  its permits allow. A  more drastic action would be to campaign to prevent people eating there,» said a member of Pueblos Unidos de la Ribera, a group that has been in charge of  stopping  the invasions of federal land in Lake Chapala.

Rizzo has on several occasions stated that his permit covers not only the restaurant area, but 3,362 meters including part of the boardwalk and the Parque de la Amistad.

 Not everyone interviewed opposed the concession. Some of those questioned said that although it is not the best way to set up a business, they are not opposed to it, since they believe it is a good attraction for tourism, as well as a source of work for those who live in Ajijic. «If everything is in order, go ahead,» said  Adán, a local resident.

Whether or not the permit , licenses and  services for the restaurants were in order was constantly talked about during the interviews.

«Many of us want the city council to tell us if they granted licenses because everything is in order,  and if the restaurant has the necessary services and what are they going to do with the sewage, and how is the building in terms of security?» said another local resident named Blanca.

This building was constructed in 1988, initially it was intended to be built on the dock, however, due to opposition from town residents, the location was changed to where it is currently located.

Rizzo Jasso  has claimed that the National Water Commission (CONAGUA) granted him the authorization to use the area for 50 years. The property has had different restaurants over the years; however, they all ended up closing. 

Translated  by Patrick O’Heffernan

View of Lake Chapala from the shore of the beach next to the Ajijic dock. Photo: Archive. 

Editorial Staff. Jalisco Governor Enrique Alfaro Ramírez ruled out the construction of a second aqueduct to supply the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area (AMG) during his term of office.

«This was my campaign commitment and I stand by it. We are not going to take one more liter from Chapala. We cannot drain the lake to solve the city’s supply problem. That commitment continues. We are not going to build a new aqueduct, but we are going to continue with the maintenance works of the old system,» said the state president. 

He made this statement after academics from the Universidad de Panamericana (UP) urged state authorities to inquire about the need to build a new aqueduct to draw water from Lake Chapala.

The governor of Jalisco dismissed this observation by declaring that no more water can be taken from Mexico’s largest lake.  The specialist in water technologies, Daniel Sánchez Tapetillo, replied that the second aqueduct would have the function of substituting for the first one in case it failed.

«The second aqueduct is not to take more water from the lake than the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area already has a concession for. To believe that is a mistake. We have a concession of 236.5 million cubic meters a year, that is, 7.5 cubic meters per second. The two aqueducts could never operate simultaneously.»

The specialist assured that, after 30 years of age, the maintenance of the first aqueduct is urgent, because in the event of a failure, 60 percent of the water needed would no longer be supplied. In his opinion the useful life of the current system has already been exceeded.  

Sanchez Tapetillo said he regretted that the governor did not listen to the proposals of academics from the University of Guadalajara (UdeG), the Pan-American University (UP) or the Technological Institute of Superior Studies of the West (ITESO), since they are institutions that for years have reviewed the issue and their contributions are to act in time and prevent more than 60 percent of citizens of Guadalajara from running out of water.

Translated by Nita Rudy

Juan Antonio Vázquez Ayala is the new water administrator in San Nicolás de Ibarra.  

Jazmín Stengel (Chapala).-  The petitions have been heard. Juan Antonio Vázquez Ayala was appointed as the new administrator of the Municipal Water and Sewage System (SIMAPA) in the delegation of San Nicolás de Ibarra, Chapala, at the insistence of the inhabitants. 

During the meeting held on April 25 with the municipal president Alejandro de Jesús Aguirre Curiel and a committee of officials, the inhabitants of the town requested the replacement of Santiago García as administrator of SIMAPA and of the spokesperson Ricardo Razo, due to alleged mismanagement of the water and its wells, as well as the making of decisions without consulting the people.

Although the petition issued during the meeting by the villagers  wanted Luis Morales Contreras and Irma Reyes Delgado included as part of SIMAPA’s municipal council, other people received the appointments. 

Vázquez Ayala was appointed as the new water administrator in San Nicolás de Ibarra and will oversee the documentation, organization, procedures, complaints and recommendations that the population has before SIMAPA. In other words, he will act as an intermediary between the demands of the delegation and the central offices of the municipality.

The appointment of the new spokesperson, who will represent the population in the SIMAPA Council, has not yet been approved. However, the neighborhood committee will decide the new person in charge through a general meeting with the people, stated Vazquez Ayala, who took the opportunity to thank the mayor for his participation and the people for giving him their trust.

Translated by Sandy Britton

Foto: Cortesía.

Jazmín Stengel.- Los abusos de acoso sexual en las escuelas son conocidos, sin embargo, pocos alumnos se atreven a levantar la voz ya sea por presión social o lo tedioso que resultan los procesos jurídicos. Así lo consideró la ex alumna de la Preparatoria Regional de Chapala de la Universidad de Guadalajara (UdeG), Daniela Báez, quien lo vive en carne propia.

A dos meses de la denuncia por abuso sexual interpuesta en contra de David “N”., profesor de la misma preparatoria, la denunciante no puede creer lo tortuoso que resulta para las víctimas tener que comprobar el abuso del que fue objeto, luego de someterse a reiteradas pruebas para que prosigan las investigaciones.

Sin embargo, y a pesar de haber interpuesto la demanda en la Fiscalía Estatal, ésta bajó la carpeta de investigación al Ministerio Público de Chapala (MP), institución que ha citado incontables veces a Báez para solicitarle diferentes estudios físicos y psicológicos al respecto, algunos sin un sentido lógico para la afectada.

Como el hecho de tener que presentar un estudio ginecológico “bastante grotesco”, a pesar de que el abuso sucedió hace más de siete años, cuando Báez tenía 15 años de edad y el profesor cerca de cincuenta, en el 2015. Y es que, en México es la víctima quien se ve obligada a presentar todas las pruebas necesarias para comenzar un proceso jurídico.

En su caso, Daniela tiene que comprobar de manera minuciosamente lo sucedido. Como señalar las diferentes casas a las que asistían, horarios a los que iban y detalles de los que hacían dentro de las mismas, situación que se ha vuelto bastante incómoda y tediosa para la afectada.

Por su parte, la UdeG emitió un comunicado el pasado 15 de marzo informando la suspensión del profesor señalado, David “N”., hasta concluidas las investigaciones oficiales. Una vez, dada a conocer la sentencia del juez, la universidad también dictará la suya.

Es por eso que, Daniela llegó a comprender el por qué muchas de las víctimas se rehúsan a denunciar. Además, la presión social juega otro factor importante, ya que se debe tener la fortaleza para soportar los comentarios que la gente no involucrada rumora.

El pilar fundamental para que una persona afectada tenga el valor de levantar la voz y acusar a su agresor es tener un círculo de confianza y apoyo, Báez en su caso lo tuvo. Tras una fuerte experiencia comenzó a asistir al psicólogo quien fue el primero en detectar el problema y la marcha del 8M este año, le dio fuerzas para alzar la voz dentro de su familia y en la comunidad.

Este movimiento, más que el afán de dañar la reputación de las personas tiene la finalidad de concientizar a la sociedad, según han declarado en otras ocasiones para Laguna. “No se trata de cuánto pague o hasta dónde llegue”, reconoció Báez, ya que su único objetivo es que la gente reconozca que esas acciones están mal y dejen de justificarlas.

Alevines de tilapia en una bolsa de plástico antes de ser liberados. Foto: Archivo.

Redacción. – Como parte del compromiso de la Centro Acuícola Tizapán, integran la primera entrega de parte de la Secretaría de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural (SADER) Jalisco de donar 500 mil crías de peces para reactivar la actividad pesquera en el lago de Chapala, se entregó el primer lote con 150 mil unidades de tilapia en el Malecón de Jamay.

Durante el evento, la titular de SADER Jalisco, Ana Lucía Camacho Sevilla, observó que esta entrega proviene del Centro Acuícola Tizapán y surge a raíz de la preocupación de los pescadores de Jamay por la disminución en la captura de tilapia, de la cual depende su actividad productiva: “Es la primera parte del compromiso que hicimos”.

Luego de recordar que la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas declaró 2022 como el Año de la Pesca y la Acuicultura Artesanales, reconoció el trabajo de quienes se dedican a este oficio. “Por eso vamos a seguir reforzando su labor con crías de peces y con equipamiento para que realicen sus actividades de manera más oportuna”.

El presidente municipal de Jamay, César Celestino Molina Sahagún, comentó que esta entrega es la respuesta de un compromiso de la secretaria, Ana Lucía Camacho Sevilla: “Ella escuchó las necesidades de los pescadores y poco después la tenemos aquí. Esto se agradece y se le reconoce”, no sin recalcar la importancia de fortalecer al sector con el repoblamiento de peces y equipamiento.

María Refugio Hernández, en representación de las cooperativas pesqueras y fileteadoras, agradeció a las autoridades por el apoyo. “Será un impacto fuerte para nosotros. Hasta ahora, con esta administración del Gobierno Estatal, vemos resultados. Estos proyectos serán un bien para todos y mejorará el ingreso para nuestras familias”.

Para saber:
Jamay y Poncitlán son los municipios que cuentan con más organizaciones pesqueras, con 15 cada uno. Chapala y Ocotlán tienen ocho cooperativas, Tizapán seis, Tuxcueca cinco y Jocotepec tiene cuatro agrupaciones de pescadores.

Fuente: https://www.jalisco.gob.mx/es/prensa/noticias/143406 

 Members of the Chapala Women’s National Soccer Team during their first game of the Jalisco Cup 2022. 

Jazmín Stengel(Chapala).- With a one-goal to zero win against Mazamitla, Chapala takes the first three points of the Jalisco Cup 2022 without conceding any goals. 

This year’s Chapala Women’s National Soccer Team is made up of:

Eunice Valeria Ortiz Gomar #1

Elizabeth Cuevas Solis #2

María de los Ángeles Moreno Santana #3

Dulce Casandra Contreras Sánchez #4

María Elizabeth Osorio Ordaz #5

Agali Celeste Espíritu Romero #6

Atzhiry Monserrath Miranda Vázquez #7

Jocelyne Chavarría Lluvian #8

Ana Valeria Torija Puebla #9

Jaqueline Guadalupe Hernández Ortiz #10

Azul Celeste González Navarro #11

Yolanda Guadalupe Campos Gutiérrez #12

María Fernanda Enríquez García #13

Karla Lizbeth Nava Calderón #14

Jocelyn Ortiz Vázquez #15

Jessica Lizbeth Padrón Sanabria #16

Dennis Aguayo Rojas #17

Jennifer Anahí Mora Hernández #18

Teresa Guadalupe Hernández Castro #19

Coaching Staff

Technical Director: Óscar Daniel Cruz Ruiz

Assistant Coach: Jorge Armando López Murillo

Physical Trainer: Ángel Andrés Ruiz Mora

Translated by Mary Woods