Mexico News Today June 29, 2020

MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2020

The fight for Guanajuato: getting drugs to the US market at the heart of gangsters' dispute Getting drugs to the northern border entails going through Guanajuato, a state that the Jalisco New Generation Cartel would like to control but doesn't – at least for now. In its way: the Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel. FULL STORY Rate of coronavirus contagion and deaths is slowing: deputy health minister The pandemic continues to grow but the speed at which new infections and deaths are occurring is slowing, the deputy health minister said. FULL STORY RELATED: 18 states painted orange on virus risk map. FULL STORY Share this email and introduce friends to Mexico News Daily Forward

Economically speaking, the worst is over, president says President López Obrador declared Monday that the worst of the country’s economic hardships are behind it and that the hemorrhaging of jobs largely due to Covid-19 shutdowns would begin to stabilize in July. FULL STORY Earthquake aid is slow to arrive in remote mountain areas of Oaxaca The damage caused by Tuesday’s 7.5-magnitude earthquake in Oaxaca continues to cut off several communities in the Ozolotepec indigenous region, where roads are blocked by debris and communication hampered by limited phone and internet. FULL STORY Third nationwide protest held against López Obrador Bearing signs and waving Mexican flags, about 300 protesters in cars and on motorcycles took over Mexico City’s Paseo de la Reforma Sunday to demand that President López Obrador resign. It was one of many such protests around the country. FULL STORY Experts see virus worsening, urge change in strategy With record levels of infection and between 4,000 and 6,000 new cases of the coronavirus being reported each day, some experts warn that if Mexico doesn’t change its strategy, infection rates will continue to spike. FULL STORY ‘Prepare for the worst,’ Nayarit governor warns as Covid-19 spreads The governor blames Irresponsible citizens for rising infections. FULL STORY Navy reports removal of 5,000 tonnes of sargassum in Quintana Roo Saharan dust clouds, the consequences for tourism of the coronavirus and the advent of hurricane season have given residents and businesses in Quintana Roo plenty to worry about. And now the sargassum is coming back. FULL STORY Gang boss’s mom released for lack of evidence; all 31 arrested freed The mother of Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel leader José Antonio “El Marro” Yépez was released from prison on Sunday due to a lack of evidence, triggering criticism from President López Obrador. FULL STORY New North American trade pact launches under a cloud A new trade pact between the United States, Mexico and Canada begins on Wednesday with the top U.S. negotiator threatening litigation, investor distrust rife and supply chains tested by the Covid-19 pandemic. FULL STORY Officials learned 2 weeks ago cartel was planning an attack Government officials, including President López Obrador, had known for two weeks that the Jalisco New Generation Cartel was planning an attack against a top-level official. FULL STORY Why one of smallest states is also the most violent A series of assassinations of high-profile public figures in Colima marks the latest manifestation of violence in one of Mexico’s smallest yet deadliest states. FULL STORY NL governor hopes Trump will broaden AMLO’s vision Nuevo León Governor Jaime “El Bronco” Rodríguez hopes some of U.S. President Donald Trump’s Covid-related economic strategies will rub off on Mexican President López Obrador next month. FULL STORY THE MND POLL THE STORY: New North American trade pact launches under a cloud FULL STORY THE QUESTION: Will the new trade pact provide early relief from the economic woes brought on by Covid-19?  VOTE HERE LAST POLL: How attractive is Mexico as a destination for foreign investment? 36% said not very. VIEW FULL RESULTS

MEXICO LIFE Musician’s efforts introduce rural children to the performing arts Not content with a successful international career, a musician works to provide artistic opportunities to Mexican children. PRISMA, writes Leigh Thelmadatter, sends performers into schools and communities. FULL STORY Honey can be fun to work with in sauces and dressings—but buyer beware Make sure you are buying pure, raw, unadulterated, uncooked and unfiltered honey that contains the healthy components you’re buying it for to begin with, writes Janet Blaser in The Tropical Table. FULL STORY Newsletter options Some readers prefer to stay up to date with the three-times-weekly summary of Mexico news provided by Mexico News Today. For others, however, it's too infrequent. The alternative is The Whole Enchilada: it gives readers links to the same stories as Mexico News Today but they arrive in your inbox daily rather than three times a week. If a daily news fix is what you want, check out The Whole Enchilada here.

Share Tweet