Mexico News Today Wednesday, October 28, 2020

 

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2020

As Covid cases surge past 900,000 AMLO, López-Gatell say no to enforcing use of masks The president said using force was an authoritarian measure “that conservatives love, it fascinates them.” FULL STORY

6 National Guard members arrested for Chihuahua murder  The six were arrested in connection with the murder of a woman in Delicias after she attended a water protest in September. FULL STORY

Arrest of general shakes AMLO at home and abroad The spectacular arrest of the former defence minister has questioned two bets Andrés Manuel López Obrador made when he became president. FULL STORY Worst-case scenario is Covid vaccine by March Authorities in Mexico hope to be able to start vaccinating people against the coronavirus before the end of winter. FULL STORY Jalisco to use 'emergency button’ after spike in cases Stricter coronavirus restrictions will be implemented for two weeks starting Friday. FULL STORY ADVERTISEMENT More than half of all buses in Mexico operate illegally According to federal statistics, 53% of all buses — 56,631 in total — are illegal because they are more than 15 years old. FULL STORY Lawmaker wants higher wages for Oxxo workers Employees of convenience stores should earn as much as bank tellers because they do similar jobs, a Morena lawmaker says. FULL STORY OPINION Forget Halloween, let’s hear it for the Druids instead If “every cloud has a silver lining” that of the Covid-19 cloud is that it has driven a stake into the heart of trick or treating, writes Carlisle Johnson. FULL STORY Dissident governors ready to battle feds over funding 'The government of the republic ignores us, attacks us, insults us and takes away what belongs to us,' charged Jalisco's Enrique Alfaro. FULL STORY Otomí indigenous group occupies government offices Members of the Otomí community say they will not leave until authorities resolve their demands for better living and working conditions. FULL STORY Thieves steal 355,000 pesos after conning man, 91 The man lost the money after being duped into providing a bank account login code to fraudsters posing as bank employees. FULL STORY 2 Mexicans help LA Dodgers in big World Series win Two Mexicans were instrumental in the Dodgers' win of their first World Series Major League Baseball title in 32 years. FULL STORY MEXICO LIFE Annual pilgrimage has pre-Hispanic and Catholic roots Every second Sunday of November, Tlatelolco’s Plaza de Tres Culturas fills with thousands of musicians and dancers on a pilgrimage to Villa Guadalupe, writes Joseph Sorrentino. FULL STORY OPINION Backtrack produces feelings of rage and embarrassment Interior Minister Olga Sánchez appears to have been given a dressing down for comments about misogyny in the federal security cabinet, writes Sarah DeVries. FULL STORY

• Minister backtracks: misogyny in cabinet was only ‘a perception’ • 11 police arrested in Jalisco for forced disappearance • Doctors say 5 patients died during power failure at Tijuana hospital • Super-delegates accused of using their positions to campaign • Construction begins on second runway at Guadalajara airport