A small but energetic volunteer group is making significant headway in wiping out unsightly graffiti in the heart of Chapala.

To avert a “collective psychosis that affects residents and visitors to Chapala,” Mayor Jesus Cabrera launched a new security initiative against disinformation at Guadalajara’s Congress building on Thursday morning.

CSI Chapala reports that Mayor Jesus Cabrera will preside at a public meeting on public security and safety issues Friday, June 1, 6 p.m. at La Vela Plaza, west end of the Chapala Malecon. A representative of Jalisco’s Ministry of Public Security will attend.

After a three-year run in service to the public, Lakeside Crime Watch has gone off line.  The website, however, is expected to reappear around June 1 under new management with the same URL, similar content and an updated layout design.

Fed up with the recent wave of criminal violence in the area, lakeside inhabitants finally seem to be taking to heart official pleas for citizen collaboration with law enforcement authorities.

Students and staff of Chapala’s Instituto Tecnologico Superior (ITS) gathered to honor longtime lakeside resident and school patron Robert Kleffel, designated namesake of the institution’s auditorium.