Read the words “Mexico” and “chainsaw” in a news story and you might expect a gruesome account of narcos attempting to outdo each other in recreating the Texas chainsaw massacre. This is not one of those articles.
Using technical innovation and his knowledge of Mexico’s biggest inland expanse of water, Chapala native Francisco Javier Ochoa Gallileo has forged his own niche in the Lakeside boating industry.
Having invented a chainsaw that operates underwater, he is paid to clear Lake Chapala of dead but potentially hazardous trees that once grew from the bed of the lake. Two or three meters high, some of the trees stick out above the waterline, while others lie just below it, posing a danger to passing boats.
“We don’t want accidents. I’m the guy who removes the trees so if anything happens it’s a problem for me,” Ochoa explains.
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