Los hechos se registraron en la colonia Colinas de Chapala. Foto: Twitter.
Redacción.- Elementos de la Fiscalía del Estado de Jalisco (FE) quienes realizaban una investigación en el municipio de Chapala durante la tarde de este martes, lograron la detención de tres personas quienes presuntamente forman parte de un grupo de la delincuencia organizada que opera en la entidad.
De acuerdo con el reporte, al estar realizando actos relacionados con una carpeta de investigación por la desaparición de la adolescente Julissa Esmeralda Oliveros, en la colonia Colinas de Chapala, personal de la Fiscalía Especial en Personas Desaparecidas (FEPD) avistaron la presencia de varios sujetos los cuales portaban armas de fuego.
Al notar la presencia de los elementos, los sujetos intentaron evadirlos; sin embargo fueron detenidos por el personal de la FEPD.
Además de los detenidos, el personal de la Fiscalía de Jalisco aseguró armas de fuego, chalecos balísticos los cuales portaban siglas de un grupo de la delincuencia organizada, una bolsa con estupefacientes, así como un vehículo automotor.
La FE informó que tanto los detenidos como lo asegurado serán puestos a disposición del agente del Ministerio Público de la Fiscalía General de la República quienes definirán su situación jurídica en el término constitucional.
Por Leticia Trejo.
Desde que tengo uso de razón recuerdo haber sufrido problemas digestivos, mis problemas más graves: estreñimiento, gastritis, colitis y evacuaciones irregulares. Espero que este tema no te incomode querido lector ya que siendo tan común en tantas personas todavía es un tabú hablar de ello. Gracias a esa salud tan precaria, que tuve durante tantos años, me esforcé por llevar un estilo de vida saludable y he aprendido mucho en el camino, lo que no sabía hasta hace algunos años es que cuando tus emociones se desbordan y no tienes una buena gestión del estrés estarás teniendo trastornos digestivos, aunque comas solo lechuga y manzanas.
El estrés es algo natural, nacemos del estrés, en tensión muscular con los tejidos conectivos (fascias) en constante encogimiento, esto afecta a nuestros órganos y estructuras musculares y óseas. Por este motivo es un deber que encontremos herramientas para enseñarle a nuestra mente que se puede vivir de otra forma, y a nuestro cuerpo que podemos relajarnos de vez en cuando para lograr un equilibrio. Si hacemos un recuento del estrés generalmente lo sentimos por situaciones que ni siquiera están pasando en tiempo real, es decir, por ejemplo: en este momento ¿alguien te está atacando? ¿estás teniendo un infarto? ¿estás peleando con alguien?, en este momento, mientras lees TU estás bien. Sin embargo, constantemente estamos imaginando tragedias que disparan la respuesta natural del cuerpo hacia una situación que, cuando es real, nos ayuda a responder a la emergencia, pero cuando no es real ¿Qué es lo que pasa?:
Cuando te estresas tu sistema endócrino libera ciertas hormonas adecuadas y eficientes para que tu mente y tu cuerpo entren en estado de alerta y respondan a la situación, algunas de estas hormonas son el cortisol, la adrenalina y la noradrenalina, y entonces el estómago produce una mayor cantidad del vital ácido clorhídrico que es el sustrato más caliente del organismo, es básicamente fuego. Entonces ¿qué pasa cuando TODO el tiempo o la mayor parte del tiempo tú estás generando emociones intensas de emergencia? Que TODO el tiempo hay una gran cantidad de ácido clorhídrico en tu bolsa estomacal quemando la pequeña tapa que separa al estómago del esófago (se llama píloro) y eso, querido lector es la gastritis. Como te puedes dar cuenta es una respuesta sana del organismo, pero nosotros la convertimos en una enfermedad. Entonces ¿qué haces? Tomas omeprazol, sinuberase y toda una gama de antiácidos para quitarte la molestia.
Pero aquí viene lo más grave: la función más importante del ácido clorhídrico es desestructurar y transformar los alimentos para que se vuelvan líquidos y pasen a ser absorbidos para separar los nutrientes de los desechos. Entonces cuando tomas muchos antiácidos debilitas al ácido clorhídrico que al perder su fuego es incapaz de transformar los alimentos generando lo que conoces como indigestión, sientes que la comida no pasa, está atorada y no se absorbe, no se asimila y genera múltiples molestias. Tengo tres consejos para ti:
No son muchos consejos pero espero te ayuden a lograr cambios positivos en tu forma de ver el estrés, y también en la forma en que nutres tu preciada vida humana.
Abandoned wooden modules in the Municipal Market of Jocotepec each costing $7,500 pesos, Photo: Héctor Ruiz.
Héctor Ruiz Mejía – Jocotepec: They threw in the towel. The street merchants who were relocated to the upper floor of the Municipal Market of Jocotepec decided to abandon their stalls after months of low sales.
Vendors interviewed by Laguna said that after a little more than three months of «going through an odyssey» to receive some solution or support from the City Hall to cushion the difficult economic situation they suffered after being relocated, they have opted to move to other places to sell their merchandise.
«I actually had to look for a job. This is over. We tried and fought, but we were left with no response and no support. So I too, like everyone else, am leaving,» commented one of the last vendors.
Semanario Laguna toured the second floor of the building last Tuesday, April 26th , at noon and found that, despite the more than ten million pesos invested in a rehabilitation project that would «give life» to the commercial space, it was empty.
Products such as cooked nopales, cambray onions, chopped and bagged vegetables, avocados and radishes, to mention a few, which not only energized the streets and sidewalks of the town, but were the livelihood of more than 30 families selling on Morelos Street on the outskirts of the market, are no longer for sale.
In addition to looking for another livelihood, some of the affected vendors opted to move to other parts of the town, and even decided to «try their luck» in the neighboring towns of Ajijic and Chapala to continue doing the only thing they know: selling products on the sidewalk, an activity they were no longer allowed to do in Jocotepec.
«It is a shame that they are leaving, I always used to buy my nopalitos and vegetables here with the lady, but when they moved her, it was difficult for my mother and me to go up there; and now we will have to look for someone else,» commented one of the consumers.
Of the ten wooden vendor stands installed on the upper floor of the market to relocate the street merchants, costing approximately $7,500 pesos each, only two are now being used.
City Hall has remained tight-lipped about the situation. After several meetings, negotiations and even a demonstration, officials are aware of the monetary difficulties faced by the affected merchants from the beginning of the relocation, but has not issued any statement on the matter.
Translated by Patrick O’Heffernan
Opening ceremony on Friday, April 22. Photo: Sofia Medeles.
Sofía Medeles-Ajijic. The first Earth Day commemoration in Ajijic which took place on April 22, 23 and 24 t was a success although participation was lower than the organizers hoped for. The three-day event consisted of a series of conferences and other activities designed to raise awareness about the need to care for the environment.
Between 150 to 200 people attended each day for a total of 500 and 600 people, mostly adults although there were also interested children.
The first day began with an opening ceremony asking permission to the elements and deities to allow the participants to respectfully carry out the programmed activities. During the closing ceremony on the last day, a tribute and offering was made to Lake Chapala.
The conference speakers included activists who work to safeguard the integrity of both the lake and the mountains, such as Manuel Villagómez Rodríguez, Luis Valdivia Ornelas, Raquel Gutiérrez Nájera and the local resident Julio Carmona. There were also music and film presentations, and tables for information and sale of ecological products.
«I think the event was effective both in the professional and academic quality of the presenters, said Noris Binet, who added that, “ I think it was very ambitious to do it in three days since it demands consistent participation by the public.”
Binet explained that, “ There were three relevant focuses of the event: that battles of this type can and have been won, that Lake Chapala urgently needs to become a Ramsar site, that a mapping of endangered and reserved areas needs to be done that clearly defines where not to buy or build, something the Expats requested I a petition. ( Lake Chapala is listed on the RAMSAR Information Service as RAMSAR as Ramsar Site no. 1973. For its extensive wetlands).
Sihara Casillas Gaeta, another of the organizers, commented that this type of event helps people to learn about the type of land in which they live, about the local aquifers, and to take stock of how corruption has contributed to the deterioration of natural water reservoirs, which helps convince people to be more vigilant.
Jane Custer, who was in charge of translations at the event, said that she was very pleased to see the Mexican and foreign communities of Ajijic together in one place acquiring knowledge to protect the Lake and the environment.
Noris stated that, in the coming years, she believes the event could improve in terms of local participation, involving neighbors and members of indigenous communities, talking about their problems related to environmental issues. She plans to produce an official document summarizing the most important points of the event to be presented to government authorities, as well as the creation of a citizen and academic observatory to monitor and denounce environmental destruction.
Translated by Patrick O’Heffernan
By: Patrick O’Heffernan
Regional Mexican bands and Latin Acts were shot through the program at Coachella Music and Art Festival last week– twenty Latin acts including four regional Mexican bands.
Near the top was Banda MS from nearby Mazatlán, which got the packed crowd moving with their first hit El Mechón», followed by songs like » El Color de Tus Ojos», «Hermosa Experiencia» and bit of «Qué Maldición», originally recorded with Snoop Dog. Much of the crowd seemed to know the lyrics pretty well, at least from the YouTube videos I have watched (I wasn’t there) .
Latin-Grammy winners Groupo Firme from Tijuana energized a screaming crowd of thousands with their hit “El Toxico” on Day 2. Sunday was the Coachella debut of Natanael Cano, who combines rock, rap and pop and corridos, and Ed Maverick from Chihuahuan with his singer-songwriter folk, alternative and rock music mashups.
Other Latin acts included Karol G, Niki Nicole, Anitta, Alaina Castillo, Nathy Peluso, and the Latin-Canadian Jessica Reyes along with American- Mexican bands Chicago Batman, Cuco, Ela Minus, Omar Apollo, Pabllo Vittar, and The Marias .
So why all the Latin acts and four Mexican regional bands at Coachella this year? A few Latino artists have performed at Coachella since its inception in 2001, including Café Tacvba, Julieta Venegas, Nortec Collective and Los Ángeles Azules, but they really broke through in 2019 with the flamenco fusion artist Rosalía, Bad Bunny, and J Balvin in Main Stage prime spots.
The numbers tell us why Mexican and Latin acts were there this year. MRC, which tracks music trends, revealed in its 2021 Year End Report that Latin music album consumption in the U.S. grew by 21.1% in 2021, more than any other core music genre. The number of Latin albums bought and streamed in the US hit 48.2 million and generated more than US$886.1 million, making Latin music the #5 most-consumed music genre NOB.
Latin bands are now for everyone. Whether it’s Bad Bunny, Karol G, Banda MS, or anyone playing reggaeton, research shows the audiences are of mixed cultures. Spanish lyrics are not a deterrent – people love the Latin beats even if they don’t get the lyrics.
Mexican/Spanish music has been around the US since before there was a US, when colonists from Mexico introduced the guitar to Florida and the Southwest of what is now the US. By the 1930’s California radio stations were playing norteño and mariachi for farm workers. Cuban music landed in New York City in the 40’s with Arsenio Rodríguez, Desi Arnez , and La Lupe. During the rock revolution Latinos were there with songs like “La Bomba”, and “Tequila”, and bossa nova.
This year the regional Mexican band Groupo Firme sold out 7 nights at Staples Center in LA, only one night shy of the record set by Adele, a sign that American music audiences – especially younger fans –resonate with Mexican regional sounds.
So the regional Mexican and Latin bands on the program at Coachella last week were following, not leading, the audience. Coachella2022 was another footstep in the progress of music sin fronteras – music without borders. !Viva musica de Mexico!
Sofía Medeles- Ajijic. Purse thefts have been reported in at least 17 places in Lakeside in the towns of Ajijic, San Antonio Tlayacapan, the municipal capital of Chapala and San Juan Cosalá,. The thieves have mostly targeted tourists and Expats.
One of the sites of the incidents was the Lake Chapala Society (LCS) in Ajijic, a popular gathering place for both Expats and local Mexicans. LCS executive director Luis Pacheco assured Laguna that the two mishaps were not violent, but rather accomplished by distracting the victims.
«The two thefts occurred in LCS were not violent,. The thieves – a foreign woman and two Latinos – use a practiced modus operandi. There are at least 17 public spaces and restaurants, or businesses, where robberies of this type have occurred and, in some of them, the thieves identified are the same ones who operated here,» said Luis Pacheco.
According to the LCS executive director, the modus operandi of the pickpockets is that the foreign woman approaches to talk to other tourists or Expat residents to distract them, while the other two people create a barrier and grab their possessions.
Pacheco pointed out that the person in charge of Ajijic’s office, Maximiano Macías Arceo, Chapala Security Commissioner Sergio Conzuelo Ramírez, and the municipal president, Alejandro Aguirre Curiel, are aware of the events, so they are working together to create a crime prevention campaign in the area.
This was confirmed by Macías Arceo who said that this campaign would be focused on training restaurant owners, administrators, block chiefs, etc., in the prevention of crime, and that, although there is still no date to start, it will be announced through the department of Social Communication.
Luis Pacheco said that the most important to reduce crimes is to reestablish the social fabric where neighbors will have co-responsibility and support each other to take care of themselves and educate themselves about this type of crime.
Translated by Patrick O’Heffernan
El occiso sufrió una volcadura en el kayak mientras navegaba en el lago de Chapala. Foto: cortesía.
Redacción.-Un habitante en San Antonio Tlayacapan sufrió un accidente luego de volcar su embarcación, perdiendo la vida por sumersión en el Lago de Chapala.
El ahora occsiso es una persona de una familia conocida en San Antonio Tlayacapan: el ahora occiso, fue localizado sin vida 15 minutos después de la volcadura del kayak, a las 2:15 pm de acuerdo al reporte de las autoridades.
By: Patrick O’Heffernan
I am so looking forward to this weekend’s celebration of the Passion of Christ. Although my wife and I bought our house in Ajijic over 5 years ago, we actually did not move in until almost 3 years ago. The preceding years we visited, managed a ranch, and stayed in various homes around Lakeside. We were never here during Semana Santa and Easter, so this will be my first. I experienced Christmas in Baja when I was in my 20’s, but I understand the two holidays and the attendant celebrations are nothing alike.
I am going to find out, for sure. The route of the Passion of Christ goes right by my house. My neighbors and I will be in a mirador that overlooks the pathway up to the Stations of the Cross in the tépalo, and the return procession will go down our street. Dale Hoyt Palfrey of the Guadalajara Reporter published an excellent photo essay of the Passion, from past years from the trial and flogging all the way up the mountain to the crucifixion; going through her photos made me realize the scale of the event.
I am not a Catholic, although my mother insisted I go to the local Catholic grammar school (supposedly “better” than the public school), so I am familiar with the story. But the focus was always on Easter, with Good Friday and Palm Sunday distant seconds. We did the stations of the Cross on Good Friday in the church attached to the school, but that was it. The idea of the entire story being reenacted with full costumes, supporting casts and a crucifixion is a mind-boggling reminder of the power of religion.
In retrospect, it shouldn’t be. In Indonesia I watched the procession of the Hindu festival Thaipusam where thousands of devotees followed long lines of entranced men and women who pierced their cheeks with spears and put hooks through their skin attached to ropes dragging weights behind them So, following an actor playing Christ carrying a cross up the trail through the hills is not surprising, but the scale of the event here in Lakeside is impressive.
I was always taught to respect people’s practice of their religion, as long as it did not harm anyone (apparently the people in Thaipusam felt no pain while in a trance and healed very quickly). I understand that the Passion may involve hardship and maybe pain for some of the actors, but that is their passion and it is to be respected, as is the whole celebration and the devotion of the people in it and following it, Expats and Mexicans.
Which makes me think a little about Santa Semana and tourism. I was out on the streets today in downtown Ajijic and they were very crowded. People were shopping, cruising the sidewalks with takeaway margaritas and beers, enjoying themselves, as they should be.
But various government officials in Lakeside’s municipalities have predicted as many as 2 million visitors will arrive in Chapala and 180,000 in Jocotepec. Seems high to me – that would be 25% of the population of Guadalajara arriving and spreading out through the towns of Chapala. In Jocotepec, that would be an increase in population greater than all of Lakeside. But that is what they said, so we reported it. And we will report on the actual numbers, if they are calculated.
While numbers like that may be good for business – assuming everyone can actually get here and find a place to park and a restaurant table – I worry that the sheer numbers of people on holiday may not encourage respect for the Passion. If you are here on a holiday weekend, you are having fun, and there is probably no way you are going to be one of the 2,000 people following the procession up to the crucifixion, so you might be tempted to ignore the solemn event taking place. But, like I said, this will be my first Good Friday celebration in Ajijic and I may be pleasantly surprised by the respect of the crowds. I hope so.
Chapala Municipal president, Alejandro de Jesús Aguirre Curiel, with microphone in hand, the municipal agent Ana María Huerta Rivera, the councilman of Riberas del Pilar, Jesús González Amezcua, and two of the members of the new neighborhood committees.
Jazmín Stengel (Chapala).– The Chapala City Council presented a project for the installation of a sewage system to benefit the population of the Riberas del Pilar. The work is estimated to cost 68 million pesos, to be paid in equal parts by the municipal government and by residents. The Council claims that the properties that currently have private septic systems are contaminating the environment and the project is needed.
After introducing Ana María Huerta Rivera as agent for Riberas del Pilar, and asking the residents to watch for increasing shoreline invasions of federal zones, President Alejandro de Jesús Aguirre Curiel, presented the details of the project.
«This is a proposal, which consists of installing much-needed drainage. It also includes a water treatment plant. We have to do this together, the municipal government and each one of the taxpayers.» He added that the proposal has been reviewed for feasibility.
The project, presented on April 5, includes drainage lines, a modular treatment plant which would be located between San Lucas and San Mateo streets on the shores of the lake, and the connector. It would be built out in one single six-month stage.
The current municipal administration asked residents to agree to the 50/50 cost split. Cost-sharing is necessary as there is not any available support from federal or state programs. In addition, officials said that they need 25% of the total cost of the project in advance to start the work. Residents have about 45 days to contribute the first 17 million pesos. If the funds are not raised, they will be returned to those who have contributed. The deadline was established by the approximately fifty residents present at the meeting. Government representatives assured that they had 34 million pesos available for the project.
In order to collect the remaining 34 million pesos from Riberas del Pilar residents, each homeowner will be charged 70 pesos per square meter of land, business owners will be charged 100 pesos per square meter. Riberas del Pilar covers 237 hectares, and contains about registered 1,500 properties.
There will be two ways to quote the fee and make the corresponding payment. The first is bring your property deed Municipal Water and Sewage System (SIMAPA) office, located in the new administrative unit located 62 Hidalgo Avenue. The second option is to wait for the formation of one of four neighborhood committees that are expected to be formed.
Connections from the houses to the public sewage system are not included in the cost of the project, or in the fees collected. Homeowners and business owners will be responsible for their own costs to connect to the system. Current estimates are 14,000 – 18,000 pesos per house. Officials said that anyone who does not pay the required fees for the project will not have the right to connect to the public drainage, and will be fined in the future for environmental contamination.
Present for a short time during the meeting were the municipal president Alejandro de Jesús Aguirre Curiel, the director of the Municipal Potable Water and Sewage System (SIMAPA) Fernando Antonio Monreal Mendoza, Juan Carlos Pelayo, advisor to the City Council, as well as council members, and the recently-appointed delegado, Ana María Huerta Rivera.
Translated by Amy Esperanto
Por Leticia Trejo:
Estoy reacomodando mis libros, es impresionante la cantidad de libros que llega uno a acumular con los años. Mis favoritos, claro, son los que hablan de la Salud y el Bienestar y encontré uno que habla de la relajación, su primera edición fue en 1973 y lo escribió Marianne Kohler. ¡Han pasado más de 40 años! Y todavía no hemos logrado que la cultura del buen descanso, la relajación y el reposo penetren en nuestras sociedades, en nuestras culturas ni en nuestras células. Me parece muy relevante que la autora mencione que el descanso es importante para el dominio de sí mismo. Generalmente nos metemos en problemas, porque ante un estímulo que nos incomoda reaccionamos en lugar de responder.
Tuve un maestro de meditación que nos explicaba que cuando se logra el autodominio somos capaces de vivir el estímulo, ver el pensamiento consecuente, sentir la emoción inevitable, pero con el entrenamiento adecuado tenemos la capacidad de hacer una pausa y eso, queridos lectores, hace la diferencia entre una reacción y una respuesta. Una reacción es primitiva, generalmente irracional y va cargada de adrenalina, es veloz y si le pusiéramos un color sería roja, como la señal de peligro. Una respuesta es racional, en milésimas de segundo, pasa por un análisis en el que conscientemente se toma la decisión de cuál es la mejor forma de actuar ante ese estímulo y si tuviera color sería quizás verde como la señal de adelante. Puedo confesar ahora que, el motivo por el cual hace 22 años cambié mi vida fitness de gimnasio, spinning y música electrónica por el estudio, la práctica y la enseñanza del Yoga, es porque estaba harta de reaccionar ante cualquier estímulo, siempre sintiendo que los demás me hacían cosas de las que debía defenderme o atacar, como en estado de alerta. No es de extrañar que este libro, al final, también hable de Yoga.
Para reposar y descansar no necesitamos grandes inversiones ni de tiempo ni de dinero, solo una revisión honesta de qué tanto estamos apegados a nuestro amado estrés; sí, así es, hemos tatuado en nuestro ADN la tensión crónica, el encogimiento muscular, el endurecimiento de los tejidos conectivos, de modo que el día que intentamos bajar la velocidad y el ritmo llegamos a sentir ansiedad y la mente dando su opinión dice que “eso de relajarse no sirve para nada, que no estamos para perder el tiempo en tonterías, mejor sigamos estresándonos que eso nos sale tan bien”. Aprender a relajarse es aprender el arte de preservar el mayor tiempo posible la juventud en la mente y en el cuerpo. Quiero ser honesta contigo, al principio odiarás intentar relajarte, te dará ansiedad o te sentirás muy, pero muy incómodo, pero si continúas y sabes ser paciente los beneficios son ENORMES.
Mejora la calidad de tu piel, duermes mejor y te despiertas descansado, la energía te dura más, tu mente está más clara y enfocada, tu digestión mejora y no estarás cansado todo el día. Hay dos pautas vitales para lograrlo: aprender a estirarse y aprender a respirar. Si queremos prevenir el cansancio crónico debemos divertirnos sanamente, la fatiga nace generalmente del aburrimiento.
Estírate, visita a algún amigo o amigos, haz ejercicio físico, respira conscientemente, practica mindfulness, practica meditación, y hazte consciente de que cuando tu logras el equilibrio entre estrés y reposo estás mejorando tu calidad de vida y tus relaciones con los demás.
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