Mexico News Today June 3, 2020

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 2020

Coronavirus at maximum level of intensity, says minister as cases near 100,000 Mexico's cumulative Covid-19 case tally increased to 97,326 with a record 3,891 new cases registered on Tuesday. FULL STORY RELATED: In 7 cities, Covid-19 hospital admissions higher than projected. FULL STORY Farmers reveal faults, corruption in government’s tree-planting program The federal government’s rural employment program is riddled with operational flaws and corruption, according to some participating farmers. FULL STORY Share this email and introduce friends to Mexico News Daily Forward

AMLO inaugurates Maya Train construction President López Obrador has officially inaugurated construction of the Maya Train railroad, an ambitious infrastructure project that will link cities and towns in five southeastern states. FULL STORY 'Don’t reopen if virus continues spreading' The Pan American Health Organization has warned Mexico not to reopen the economy if the Covid-19 pandemic is still growing because doing so will likely accelerate the spread of the disease. FULL STORY Covid deaths to stabilize in September: health minister The daily death rate in Mexico City – the country’s coronavirus epicenter – is expected to return to 2019 levels in September, the capital’s health minister said. FULL STORY Confusion surrounds reopening in Jalisco It’s been a rocky economic restart for some businesses in Jalisco that were hoping to get back to work this week. FULL STORY In 3 Michoacán cities, new normal is much like the old Crowds of people flooded the streets of three cities in Michoacán, flouting the plan to reopen gradually. FULL STORY Number of businesses seeking health certification well over expectations Quintana Roo's certification program for businesses that have implemented measures to reduce the risk of coronavirus infections has proved popular. FULL STORY Coalition creates network to take on gender violence A coalition of Mexican academics, researchers, artists and politicians has created a new network to fight the growing tide of violence against women. FULL STORY Mother, newborn released after winning virus fight After spending 29 days in a Mexico City hospital, a young mother who gave birth while intubated for Covid-19 was released along with her newborn daughter after medical staff pronounced they were healthy and coronavirus-free. FULL STORY Navy proposes spending 90 million pesos on sargassum It proposes buying five sargassum-gathering vessels, materials for the construction of two more, containment barriers and beach sweepers. FULL STORY Bodies of 7 missing police found in Colima Authorities in Colima on Monday found a vehicle containing the dismembered remains of seven bodies believed to be those of a group of officers who disappeared in neighboring Jalisco. FULL STORY Indigenous groups and others launch new broadside against Maya Train Approximately 160 indigenous collectives and civil society organizations have once again denounced the construction of the Maya Train railroad. FULL STORY 40 criminal groups behind drugs, extortion and murders in CDMX The groups operate across the capital – 28 of them are in just one of Mexico City's 16 boroughs while 12 are engaged in illegal activities in two or more. FULL STORY Armed attacks kill 10 in two Guanajuato municipalities Ten people were murdered in two armed attacks in Celaya and San Luis de la Paz on Tuesday. FULL STORY Finance sleuths block 2,000 accounts linked to cartel Financial investigators have frozen the bank accounts of 1,770 people, 167 businesses and two trust funds linked to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel through a money-laundering network of front companies passing themselves off as vendors of tequila. FULL STORY Body of missing Colima lawmaker found in grave President López Obrador announced that the body of Francis Anel Bueno Sánchez, a Morena party legislator, was found yesterday in a hidden grave. FULL STORY For auto companies, May’s sales were worst in 25 years The last time the country saw a similar month of poor auto sales was in 1995, the year following the Mexican peso crisis. FULL STORY Thieves arm official with ‘bomb,’ steal 14mn pesos A “belt bomb” enabled thieves to help themselves to the cash at a BBVA branch in Mexico City. FULL STORY Beer is back: the new normal means the drought is over Although most of the country remains in the red on the government’s stoplight system for the reactivation of the economy, beer is back in production and on the shelves in several areas after a two-month drought. FULL STORY THE MND POLL THE STORY: Poll: 52% say virus situation out of control; 64% say maintain lockdown FULL STORY THE QUESTION: Is it too early to ease coronavirus restrictions? VOTE HERE LAST POLL: Do you have confidence in the government's coronavirus predictions? 91% said no. VIEW FULL RESULTS

MEXICO LIFE Historical printing techniques are preserved on an old hacienda in Veracruz Tucked away in the rainforest of northern Veracruz is La Ceiba Gráfica, a restoration project dedicated to preserving pre-20th century printing as well as the building in which it is housed. FULL STORY OPINION Program’s faults a reminder that Mexico has a talent for planting corruption But Sarah DeVries writes that many of the problems with Sembrando Vida seem to be practical rather than political in nature, for which there are solutions. FULL STORY Four centuries after the plague, there are some remarkable similarities In countless countries people are chafing at the misery, inconveniences and prohibitions of coping with a pandemic. But, Carlisle Johnson writes, they’re nothing new. FULL STORY