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Tras identificar a los presuntos responsables de la desaparición, los cinco sujetos fueron detenidos por la FE recientemente. Foto: Cortesía.

Redacción.- Por los delitos de desaparición cometida por particulares y homicidio calificado, cinco sujetos detenidos en Chapala, permanecerán en prisión preventiva oficiosa por un año como medida cautelar. 

La Fiscalía Especial en Personas Desaparecidas (FEPD) informó la vinculación a proceso de Adrián Obeth H., César Salomón G., Manuel P., Erik Paúl M., Cristian Giovani C.

A los cinco se les relaciona con la desaparición de tres hermanos, quienes fueron reportados como no localizados el 12 de septiembre del año 2020, en el municipio de Chapala.

De acuerdo a la carpeta de investigación, ese día alrededor de las 08:00 horas, familiares de las víctimas les llamaron a sus teléfonos celulares sin obtener respuesta.

Posteriormente acudieron ante la Fiscalía del Estado (FE) a presentar una denuncia por la desaparición de los masculinos y una vez que se conoció de la noticia criminal, la FE inició con la investigación.

Los agentes se presentaron en el Rancho Las Cruces ubicado en la calle Hidalgo al cruce con el tramo carretero Chapala-Jocotepec, de la colonia Riberas del Pilar, donde finalmente fueron localizados.

Las indagatorias continuaron y mediante datos de prueba obtenidos se logró identificar a las personas presuntamente relacionadas en su desaparición, por lo que se solicitaron las órdenes de aprehensión las cuales fueron cumplimentadas recientemente.

Una vez que el juez entró al análisis del caso determinó que existían suficientes elementos que permitían establecer la posible participación de los cinco, por lo que les inició proceso.

Alex at Italia. Photo: Jazmin Stengel.

Patrick O’Heffernan and Jazmin Stengel.-  Alex Sgroi was seven years old  in Switzerland when Hitler invaded Poland and still remembers the sound of the German planes flying overhead; the war did not touch him directly, but he lost friends in the war and he lost contact with many people he knew. As a result, he still carries the need to help with him, which is why when Russia invaded Ukraine, he knew he had to do something.  

“I wanted not only to raise money to help the refugees, but to raise awareness of the suffering that the invasion was causing.  I saw the atrocities that are happening in Ukraine today as no different than the atrocities of WW2.  So I decided to raise money and awareness,” Alex told Semanario in an interview at his new  restaurant, Italia.

The plan was simple;  ask people to buy a takeout lasagna for $500 pesos and have them pick them up during a week set aside for the fund raising. Before starting, however, he consulted friends with relatives in Ukraine, and local nonprofits and his contacts from being in Rotary and Masons, and their advice helped.

“It was very successful.  We raised more than we planned and have already sent the money to the Canadian Red Cross.  I chose the Canadian Red Cross because the Canadian government was matching donations until they reached $130millinon CN.  Our donation was too late for the match, but it still helped,”, Alex said.

Having spent almost all of his adult life in the restaurant industry, including managing restaurants for major hotel chains in Europe, Alex knows exactly how to most efficiently produce the dinners.  He started a few weeks before the designated donation week and he and his staff cooked the lasagnas, packaged them for takeout, and froze them as part of their regular routine. They defrosted them during the donation week and were able to deliver delicious fresh lasagna to donors who arrive at his new location, Italia, in Ajijic.

“This is what I knew how to do,” Alex told Laguna as we gathered around one of the Formica tables in Italia, “Because of my age I could not volunteer to fight – I would be more of a problem than a solution, but this I could do,” He added that if there is a need for restaurant management or cooking, he would volunteer.

The people who bought the dinners were mostly  Canadians, he said, followed by Americans and a few Mexicans.   He said he has both Expats and Mexicans customers, but because they eat dinner at different times, they rarely are at the restaurant at the same time. But since the campaign was mostly for takeout, it did not matter. What was important was that they donated and they knew of the fight in Ukraine and the suffering of the refugees.

A Cyclone fence that had been removed and was put up a day after removal. Photo: Sofia Medeles.

Sofía Medeles(Ajijic).- Of the nine cyclone fences removed from federal land by activists, at least five were put back up by the owners of the residences on the shoreline Lake Chapala. 

The «anti-rejas» (anti-fences) movement, which  removed alleged illegal obstructions at the initiative of the group Pueblos Unidos de la Ribera, has focused on two areas of Ajijic: the beaches known as «Tío Domingo», and the  Ajijic shoreline starting on Donato Guerra Street.

Seven fences were removed from the beaches of Tío Domingo, five of which have been reinstalled. In two of these cases, the property owners  have planted crops to back up  their claimed  concession from the government to fence in the shoreline. To date, one of these plots still has agaves planted on it. Two other landowners placed gates at the border of their properties, claiming they were there to stop trespassing.

On the other side of Ajijic, two gates were removed  by the Pueblos Unidos de la Ribera group The first one is located at the end of Donato Guerra Street. The property owner threatened to take action against the activists,  but the activists were able to completely remove the  chain-link fence. The activists also knocked down  fence posts during their protest on March 25. 

Later that day, close to the Hotel Real de Chapala, they removed a fence that extended approximately 30 meters along the shore of the lake, which had been rebuilt the following day,

Members of the group stated on several occasions that they would take action as many times as necessary against the alleged invaders of the areas that had  previously been cleared of fencing.

On Friday, April 8, Pueblos Unidos de la Ribera will gather  to remove the invasion next to the Hotel Real. 

Translated  by Patrick O’Heffernan

El hombre fue puesto a disposición del Juez de Control y Juicio Oral del Quinto Distrito Judicial, con sede en Chapala, quien resolverá su situación legal. Foto ilustrativa cortesía de Notisistema.

Redacción.- Elementos de la Fiscalía Regional cumplimentaron una orden de aprehensión a Roberto Carlos R., por su probable responsabilidad en el delito de abuso sexual infantil agravado.

 Las diligencias de la Policía Investigadora permitieron detener a este  hombre  en la calle Hidalgo, colonia Centro, del municipio de Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos.

Roberto Carlos R., presuntamente está relacionado por agresión sexual a un infante, hechos  suscitados en este año, por lo que le resultó una orden de aprehensión.

 Por lo anterior fue puesto a disposición del Juez de Control y Juicio Oral del Quinto Distrito Judicial, con sede en Chapala, quien resolverá su situación legal.

 Roberto Carlos R. será procesado por el delito de abuso sexual infantil agravado, por lo que se ratifica que a esta persona se le presume inocente.

Redacción.- El día de mañana -10 de abril- se llevará a cabo la primera consulta de Revocación de Mandato a nivel nacional; en el distrito 17 se instalarán 85 centros de votación con 171 casillas, de 8 de la mañana a seis de la tarde. 

En el municipio de Chapala se instalarán 24 casillas distribuidas en 12 domicilios;  tres en Ajijic, dos en Atotonilquillo, Santa Cruz de la Soledad dos y la cabecera municipal contará con 10.  

En el municipio de Jocotepec se instalarán 22 casillas en 11 domicilios: 6 en la cabecera municipal; dos en San Juan Cosalá; uno en  Zapotitán de Hidalgo, una en El Molino y otra más en San Cristóbal Zapotitlán.  

Cabecera municipal de Jocotepec: 

1.-UNIDAD DEPORTIVA NORTE, CALLE ZARAGOZA, SIN NÚMERO, BARRIO UNIDAD DEPORTIVA, ENTRE INVIERNO Y VERANO.

2.-ESCUELA URBANA FEDERAL FRANCISCO I. MADERO, TURNO MATUTINO Y JOSEFA ORTIZ DE DOMÍNGUEZ, TURNO VESPERTINO, CALLE INDEPENDENCIA NORTE, NÚMERO 235, BARRIO LA UNIDAD DEPORTIVA, ENTRE PRIVADA INDEPENDENCIA Y ALDAMA.

3.-CASA DE LA CULTURA, CALLE HIDALGO, NÚMERO 38, COLONIA CENTRO, ENTRE RAMÓN CORONA Y MORELOS.

4.- CENTRO EDUCATIVO DE ATENCIÓN MÚLTIPLE GALLAUDET, TURNO MATUTINO, PRIVADA GONZÁLEZ ORTEGA, NÚMERO 40, COLONIA CENTRO, ENTRE MORELOS Y MIGUEL ARANA.

5.-AUDITORIO MUNICIPAL, CALLE GUADALUPE VICTORIA, NÚMERO 71, COLONIA CENTRO, ENTRE JOSÉ SANTANA Y MIGUEL.

6.-UNIDAD DEPORTIVA SUR , CALLE DONATO GUERRA PONIENTE, NÚMERO 51, BARRIO CRUZ VERDE, ENTRE CALLE HIDALGO Y CALLE PRIMERO DE MAYO.

San Juan Cosalá:

1.- SECUNDARIA FORÁNEA, NÚMERO 58, TURNO VESPERTINO, CALLE VICENTE GUERRERO, NÚMERO 53, ENTRE HIDALGO Y DOMINGUILLO. 

2.- JARDÍN DE NIÑOS ESTATAL LUIS DONALDO COLOSIO MURRIETA, NÚMERO 141, TURNO MATUTINO Y NÚMERO 532, TURNO VESPERTINO, CALLE INDEPENDENCIA, NÚMERO 79, ENTRE PORFIRIO DÍAZ Y MORELOS. 

Zapotitán de Hidalgo: 

1.-JARDÍN DE NIÑOS AGUSTÍN YÁÑEZ, CALLE LÓPEZ COTILLA, NÚMERO 13, ENTRE PEDRO MORENO Y MORELOS. 

El Molino: 

1.- JEFATURA DEL SECTOR EDUCATIVO, NÚMERO 11, CALLE 16 DE SEPTIEMBRE, NÚMERO 7, ENTRE HIDALGO Y CARRETERA A MORELIA. 

San Cristóbal Zapotitlán: 

1.- ESCUELA PRIMARIA URBANA NIÑOS HÉROES, NÚMERO 558, TURNO MATUTINO, CALLE RAMÓN CORONA, NÚMERO 2,ENTRE HIDALGO Y LABASTIDA. 

Cabecera municipal de Chapala: 

1.- Escuela Secundaria Técnica, Calle Circuito Colinas de Chapala, Col Centro. 

2.-Secundaria José Vasconcelos No 11, Calle María de Jesús Hernández, Barrio La Parota. 

3.-Preparatoria Regional de Chapala , Calle Teófilo Silva, Col. Las Redes. 

4.-Escuela Primaria Urbana Eugenio Zúñiga, Calle Cuatro Milpas, Colonia Tepehua.

5.-Jardín de Niños Ricardo Flores Magón, Calle Quetzalcóatl, Barrio de Tepehua.

Ajijic 

1.-Jardín de Niños María Montesori, Calle Zaragoza. 

2.-Escuela Primaria Urbana, Calle Hidalgo. 

3.-Escuela Primaria Marcos Castellanos, Calle Parroquia. 

Atotonilquillo: 

1.-Jardín de Niños, Calle Benito Juárez No. 56.

2.-Oficina DIF Chapala, Calle Hidalgo.

Santa Cruz de la Soledad: 

Escuela Primaria Urbana Leona Vicario, Calle Benito Juárez. 

San Antonio Tlayacapan: 

12.-Escuela Primaria Federal Cuauhtémoc, Calle Independencia. 

La pregunta que se someterá en dicha consulta será: ¿Estás de acuerdo en que Andrés Manuel López Obrador, presidente de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, se le revoque el mandato por pérdida de la confianza o siga en la presidencia de la República hasta que termine su periodo?.

Por lo que las 171 casillas en el distrito 17, donde pertenecen los municipios de Chapala y Jocotepec, esperan ya recibir a los 272 mil 259 votantes que conforman la lista nominal.

Te compartimos el link de la página oficial del Instituto Nacional Electoral (INE) de Ubica tu Casilla donde podrás acceder tu entidad y sección para saber donde acudir a emitir tu voto:

Buscar en el listado del INE muncipio de Chapala, pág: 337, 338 y 339 / Buscar en el listado del INE municipio de Jocotepec, pág: 341, 342 y 343. 

https://portal.ine.mx/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/RM_JAL_21032022_1720.pdf 

¿Qué es la consulta popular?

La Revocación de mandato es un instrumento de participación, el cual es solicitado por la ciudadanía para determinar la conclusión anticipada en el desempeño del cargo de la persona titular de la presidencia de la República, esto a partir de la pérdida de confianza.

Esto lo dicta el artículo V de la constitución y la Ley Federal de la Revocación de mandato.

¿Cuál es la pregunta de la consulta de revocación de mandato?

«¿Estás de acuerdo en que a (nombre), presidente de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, se le revoque el mandato por pérdida de confianza o que siga en la Presidencia de la República hasta que termine su periodo?». Las opciones de respuesta serán:

1. A) Que se le revoque el mandato por pérdida de la confianza.
2. B) Que siga en la Presidencia de la República».

Los resultados oficiales del proceso de Revocación de Mandato serán exclusivamente los que dé a conocer el INE y, en su caso, el Tribunal Electoral del Poder Judicial de la Federación (TEPJF).

Altar a la Virgen Dolorosa en el kiosco de la plaza principal de Ajijic. Foto: Sofía Medeles.

Aunque con menor presencia cada año, la tradición del viernes de Dolores sigue muy presente en muchos hogares de las delegaciones de Ajijic y San Antonio Tlayacapan, las cuales se pueden apreciar en la siguiente foto galería.

Altar de la señora Irene Martínez, en el barrio de San Sebastián. Foto: Domingo Márquez.

En el recorrido por San Antonio Tlayacapan, se pudieron ver los altares de las familias García Moreida y Moreida Estrada, y Milian Rivas, ambos en la calle La Bandera, familias las cuales, han conmemorado la tradición por más de 50 años.

Imagen del altar de la señora Gabriela Rodríguez García, la cual, según testigos, tiene más de 100 años. Foto: Sofía Medeles.

Por otro lado, en Ajijic, este 2022 hubo menor presencia de altares, y los altares fueron un poco más austeros, pero sin perder los detalles que engloban la tradición. Algunos de ellos, se encontraban en el centro de la población, por la calle Guadalupe Victoria, casi al cruce con Aldama, el cual, por más de 50 años, ha colocado sin falta la señora Gabriela Rodríguez García, con una imagen que le heredaron, y la cual tiene más de 100 años, y el de la señora Irene Martinez, del barrio de San Sebastián, quien participa en muchas de las tradiciones mas longevas del Pueblo Mágico, y esta no es la excepción.

Altar en la calle Francisco Villa, con sus elementos tradicionales de papel. Foto: Sofía Medeles.

Igualmente, en la zona de las 6 esquinas, la villa, y el huajito, donde la tradición suele estar más presente, solo se pudieron ver aproximadamente 4 altares, dos ubicados en la calle Francisco Villa, siendo uno de estos de la familia Rosales Mora, y otros dos en la calle Álvaro Obregón, uno de la familia Antolín.

Altar de la familia García Moreida, en la calle La Bandera, en San Antonio Tlayacapan. Foto: Domingo Márquez.

El viernes de Dolores se conmemora el viernes anterior al domingo de Ramos, con altares que tienen como principal elemento la imagen de la Virgen Dolorosa. Esta fecha representa el dolor de la Virgen por la pérdida de su hijo.

Altar de la familia Rosales Mora, en la calle Francisco Villa. Foto: Sofía Medeles.

En los altares hay elementos como figuras de papel de manos, que representan las manos que bajaron a Jesús de la cruz, las escaleras que se usaron para bajarlo, las flores son por el luto, y la costumbre de dar agua fresca a quien asista a verlos y a rezar un rosario, son las lagrimas que María derramo, el agua se daba de igual manera a quien preguntaba ¿Ya lloró la Virgen?

Altar de la familia Milian Rivas. La costumbre inició con la matriarca de la familia, Clemencia Hernández, hace más de 50 años. Foto: Domingo Márquez. 

Painter Antonio López Vega and acting delegate Maximiano Macías Arceo, during the maintenance of the sculpture «Tlaloc». Photo: Sofía Medeles.

Sofia Medeles (Ajijic).- This week work began on the  beautification of  the main square of Ajijic prior to the Easter vacation when a large influx of visitors is expected. 

Acting Delegate Maximiano Macias Arceo confirmed that April tourism season, including the events organized by the group Passion of Christ, such as the Kermes to support the sick of the population, will draw big crowds and the plaza will be ready for them.  

«A large tourist presence is expected for these Easter vacations, so we want the main plaza to be in the best possible condition. All will bring visitors from Ajijic as well as tourists.»

The main plaza of Ajijic is beautified before the April vacations. Photo: Sofia Medeles.

Macías Arceo noted that the work consists of maintenance for the four sculptures in the space, the retouching of the painting of the roof of the kiosk and the cleaning of the terrace and the sides of the planters. 

The artists themselves will work on their own sculptures, of which two were created by Antonio López Vega, one by Ricardo González González and one by Estela Hidalgo. The necessary materials will be provided. 

López Vega has already started work on his sculptures. One is located in front of the cultural center and the other on Parroquia Street. The painter from Ajijic explains: «The first one, Michi-Cihualli, has been in the plaza for approximately ten years. It was varnished with linseed oil and has gone two years without maintenance. The «Tláloc» is seven years old, and also two years without maintenance. It was originally made of mango root, but the wood rotted and now it is a fiberglass mold; this one will only be painted.»

López Vega invited the public to visit the delegation building on the plaza if they want to support the restoration work with donations.

Translated by Elisabeth Shields

The new entrance to Jardín de Niños Aurelia Flores will be a corridor located between the CETAC high school and the future offices of the Secretaría de Cultura. Photo: Sofía Medeles.

Sofía Medeles (Ajijic).-  During his visit to Ajijic on March 25, the Governor of Jalisco, Enrique Alfaro Ramírez, said that it will take approximately one month to provide an entrance to the Aurelia Flores Kindergarten, which was  blocked by the remodeling of the Auditorio de la Ribera. 

This new entrance consists of a corridor between the Ajijic campus of the Center for Technological Studies in Continental Waters (CETAC) and the building where the offices of the Ministry of Culture will be located. Previously, the entrance to the kindergarten was through the same access as the auditorium.

«I asked them to speed up the work so that the children would not be at risk, because it is under construction. We have already started to free the passage, only the floor needs to be done. I hope that in a month it will be ready and working properly,» said  Governor Alfaro Ramirez.

The director of the parents’ committee, Lucia Padilla, advised that they have not been informed about the conclusion of the work being done for this new access to the preschool, in addition they had hoped that the entrance would be a little bigger.

«We wanted to ask for a slightly larger entrance, at least two meters, but we could not talk to the architect and the entrance was left at approximately one meter and 40 centimeters. We have not been told when the work will be finished, or anything else,» she commented.

Previously, several parents complained that, since the construction of the auditorium was in progress, the access through the main door of the auditorium was closed for the safety of the children. The problem has existed since the beginning of on-site classes in August 2021. The parents pointed out that the provisional entrance, which was through the Cruz Azul sports field, was uncomfortable for them and the children, especially in rainy weather and that the work did not seem to be progressing on an entrance exclusively for the students of the school.

In addition, the parents pointed out the poor condition of the classrooms, bathrooms and open spaces of the kindergarten after the pandemic.

Translated by Christalle Dalsted

The bus was embedded in the back of the truck.

Redaction. – The apparent carelessness of a public transport driver left 35 injured and his bus embedded in a junkyard truck. The accident occurred during the afternoon of March 28 on the Chapala-Guadalajara highway, at the height of the so-called «curves of El Tapatío.» 

The passengers waited for medical attention on the pavement.

According to the passengers, the driver of the C112 Agaves route was speeding and maneuvering to overtake other vehicles, but on the slope, a truck loaded with scrap metal was driving slowly because of its heavy load, so the public transport driver was unable to slow down enough to avoid the scrap metal truck and struck it from behind.  

After the impact, people fell to the floor of the bus and some of them hit the seats hard enough to bend them. The passengers managed to get out of the bus and waited on the roadside for medical attention. 

Translated by Sandy Britton 

Municipal and state authorities during the handover of the building on the corner of Niños Heroes and Zaragoza streets. Photo: Municipality of Chapala.

Jazmín Stengel.- The former Chapala Police headquarters at the corner of Niños Héroes and Zaragoza streets will now be occupied by the Jalisco Regional Police and the Mobility Department, thanks to the signing of an agreement between municipal authorities and the state. Chapala will continue to pay rent on the building.

Signing of the agreement between municipal and Jalisco authorities for the handover of the former Chapala Police Station. Photo: Municipality of Chapala.

The agreement established last March 25 between Chapala Mayor Alejandro de Jesús Aguirre Curiel and Regional Police Commissioner Abraham Isaac Chávez Velázquez, will allow the State Police to relocate from a small building in La Cristianía Park.

The move gives the State Police better facilities from which to continue working in coordination with the Municipal Police. This helps guarantee the safety of the population just days before the start of the Holy Week and Easter vacation period.  

Chapala has rented the building since 1998. Photo: Jazmín Stengel.

Jalisco Secretary of Public Security Juan Bosco Pacheco Medrano said the building is a tool that dignifies police work and helps the State Police coordinate with the municipality to provide peace of mind to both residents and tourists.

“I am pleased to inform you that we have delivered dignified facilities on loan for elements of the State Security Secretariat to have their base of operations,” the mayor said through social media. “The safety and tranquility of the families of Chapala and its visitors is a priority for this government.”

The Regional Police had occupied a small building in La Cristianía Park. Photo: Jazmín Stengel.

Chapala has rented the building since 1998. It was the Municipal Police headquarters until June 2020, when they moved to their new location at the corner of Los Maestros and Isla del Presidio streets. The State Highway Police, with whom the State Police will share the building, began working out of the building a few months ago.

Translated by Mike Rogers