What actually happened in Chapala last week

Finally lakesidecrime.com has an article explaining why there was police activity in Chapala around the same time they did the bust in Roca Azul - link to article: http://lakesidecrime.com/news/chapalapolice_817.php

Seems that on Aug. 17 the Chapala police were headed either away or toward Guadalajara and were shot at. The government sent out police to find the attackers. One taxi which had been reported missing was found in San Juan Cosala (doesn't mention what the relationship was). And then the next day police went to Roca Azul and arrested several people - which you all read about on another thread.

Thanks simpsca, there's a bit more to that story but at least the taxi got mentioned.

And this happened this week in Chapala:

http://www.paginaquesiselee.com.mx/index.php/news/40-encabezados/8389-arman-a-la-policia-de-chapala

For the first time in the history of Chapala, the Municipal Police is provided with its own weapons for better performance of its elements and thus ensure the safety of the inhabitants of the municipality.

See the article for the photo.

Yesterday the Chapala police was also attacked so the saga continues.

M&M wrote:Yesterday the Chapala police was also attacked so the saga continues.

Did you read that somewhere? Didn't hear about this. I get more Jocotopec news than Chapala unless it's on lakesidecrime.com.

simpsca wrote:And this happened this week in Chapala:

http://www.paginaquesiselee.com.mx/index.php/news/40-encabezados/8389-arman-a-la-policia-de-chapala

For the first time in the history of Chapala, the Municipal Police is provided with its own weapons for better performance of its elements and thus ensure the safety of the inhabitants of the municipality.

See the article for the photo.

Ah gee, did you see the comment made by someone called Edgar under the article? Somewhat acidic to say the least.

I read the post by Edgar but didn't really understand the translation. Is he saying that the guy in the photo is one of the bad guys?

simpsca wrote:I read the post by Edgar but didn't really understand the translation. Is he saying that the guy in the photo is one of the bad guys?

No, what Edgar was saying was,what good does this do when they will flee at the time of a confrontation. Furthermore they don't have any training in the use of weapons of that caliber.

This is a mas o menos translation.

Yes, I think he has the right! And what if those guns disappear into the wrong hands?

The police being attacked and refusing to say anything about it was on the Guadalajara news this morning on Chanel 6.

Neither Lakesidecrime nor the Guadalajara Reporter are places to check what has happened the night before.

M&M wrote:The police being attacked and refusing to say anything about it was on the Guadalajara news this morning on Chanel 6.

Neither Lakesidecrime nor the Guadalajara Reporter are places to check what has happened the night before.

Good points M&M, I'm having trouble finding any reliable source of news. Even narcoblog is silent.

M&M wrote:The police being attacked and refusing to say anything about it was on the Guadalajara news this morning on Chanel 6.

Any written news about last night? Is this what I heard?

I have not read anything in the press and it may be that nothing was written since the police had no comments. It came up on the tape at he bottom of the screen. I doubt we will read about it.
It may be what you heard as they said the police car was shot up.
The drug lab close down should show up somewhere in the news, It too was a the bottom of the screen. Fourty nine drug lab closings in the Itzlahuacan area in 8 months seems like a whole bunch to me and I have not read or heard about that many either so a lot of things are not reported..no news there-.

The raid on the drug lab in Ixtlahuacán, which was the 49th this year in the entire state, was well reported in the Guadalajara papers but I have not seen any mention anywhere about any attack on the Chapala police since the one on the 17th that the link is about. There may have been some error either in what was screened by the TV station or understood.

I follow an anonymous guy Twittering about Jocotopec but he is only focused on Joco. Don't have a Chapala Twitter contact.

No error on the police, I saw it twice this morning and so did my huband. No misunderstanding it was in writing and it was very short.

I am relieved to hear that the 49 lab closing was in the state as the ticker tape did not say that and it sounded unreal for that municipality.
Thanks for the correction.

Heard today from a co-worker that police were shot at over the weeknd by 7-11 in Chapala, chased the attackers down Degollado but they got away.

The attack on the Chapala police was reported in Sunday's El Occidental. I don't know if I am permitted to translate the entire article, but it says the patrol vehicle was shot at from a black Jetta and hit by at least a couple of bullets while it was occupied by several officers on patrol on Pepe Guízar Street a few minutes after midnight Saturday morning, and the unofficial word is that none of the officers were injured and attempts to find the assailants have been unsuccessful.

http://www.oem.com.mx/eloccidental/notas/n2206859.htm

They never get the times correct. Pretty irrelevant I guess. It was 11:45 p.m. Immediately after hearing it I posted:

http://lakechapalainfo.forumotion.net/t2129-fireworks

I talked to another who lives close by that said there were 6 shots then multiple guns going off. It was intense for 20-30 seconds. Then the sirens went up the carratera to Ixtlahuacan.

Viva La Mexico!!!!!

Never a dull moment. This is beginning to appear commonplace. L