Letters To The Editor
Dear Sir,
The myth of the Virgin of Zapopan, the “Reina del Lago,” is responsible for the increasing level of Lake Chapala would be no more than a cute, local folk tale if it were not so actively encouraged and promoted by the Catholic Church. Anyone with a modicum of education and common sense, and one hopes that the Archbishop of Guadalajara does qualify, ought to know that the fluctuations in the water level of Lake Chapala are due to the combination of two factors: