Mexico News Today Friday, January 29, 2021

 

FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 2021

Travelers entering Canada must quarantine Stricter travel-related coronavirus restrictions will require people flying into the country to isolate in hotels at their own expense, and the nation will suspend flights to Mexico and Caribbean countries until April 30. FULL STORY

Covid paints four new states in stoplight red Mexico now has a total of 14 maximum-risk level states on the coronavirus map after the additional entities switched amid rising case numbers. FULL STORY

López-Gatell agrees it’s time to step back and rethink coronavirus strategy As Mexico's case tally approaches 2 million and the death toll continues to climb, the country's Covid-19 czar committed to reflecting on improvements. FULL STORY Index of Covid pandemic response among 98 countries ranks Mexico second to last The nation was ranked in a “Covid Performance Index” that measures countries' effectiveness in dealing with the disease. FULL STORY AMLO continues to have only mild Covid symptoms President López Obrador is well four days after announcing that he tested positive for the coronavirus. FULL STORY Doctor condemned for suggesting meds for AMLO to provoke thrombosis A physician was lambasted for wishing death on President López Obrador after recommending that he be given drugs that could cause blood clots. FULL STORY Guerrero ‘at the worst moment of the pandemic,’ goes red on stoplight map The state switched to the maximum-risk color on the coronavirus map on Wednesday and will remain that way until February 14. FULL STORY Rising demand for oxygen attracts interest from organized crime, scammers Criminal gangs and internet fraudsters have diversified into stealing the highly sought-after tanks as need soars due to the coronavirus crisis. FULL STORY Refineries continue to operate far below capacity Mexico's facilities did not meet their targets, and gasoline production fell to its lowest level in almost three decades. FULL STORY MEXICO LIFE The real find in this caving area turns out to be the paradise around it John Pint went to Las Cuevas in search of a fascinating cave but concluded that the enchanting landscape is even better. FULL STORY Sinaloa search brigade comes under fire, forced to flee hidden grave site A mothers’ collective seeking missing persons in Sinaloa had to run away from a clandestine burial site on Tuesday when a gunman began shooting at them. FULL STORY Mexico gains 2 points on transparency index, but impunity an obstacle There is slightly less corruption today than there was a year ago, according to the non-governmental organization Transparency International. FULL STORY Confronting thief costs man his life; observers chase suspect and beat him A man who tried to mug patrons at a México state restaurant and killed a diner who fought back became a target himself. FULL STORY Suspect arrested in September murder of American couple in Baja A man has been arrested in Baja California in the stabbing deaths of a San Diego-area couple who frequently spent time in Mexico. FULL STORY Residents of Oaxacan town threaten to hang the mayor Citizens in Sola de Vega, fed up with their municipality's chief executive, got as far as putting a rope around the man's neck. FULL STORY ADVERTISEMENT Goodbye, Chester. Cheetos has new look as rules ban use of personalities The cartoon cheetah that has symbolized the Cheetos snack since the mid-1980s will no longer appear on packaging in Mexico. FULL STORY

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