Mexico News Today Friday, April 2, 2021

 

FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 2021

Vaccination program accelerates nationwide, but there are still 9 million seniors to go Over 6 million seniors in Mexico have now had at least one Covid-19 vaccine shot, but nearly 4 million more than that still haven't had one. FULL STORY

Gloves are off in Baja California: governor calls candidate the state's biggest criminal Jaime Bonilla has alleged that the gubernatorial hopeful Jorge Hank is the state head of one of Mexico's most notorious cartels. FULL STORY

'Human error' results in Sonora woman being given an empty vaccination shot    The government confirmed that a 95-year-old was mistakenly injected with a syringe that had nothing in it at a Covid-19 inoculation center in Ciudad Obregón. FULL STORY  Flood victims greet López Obrador in Tabasco, claim they didn't receive aid About 200 residents of areas of the state inundated with floodwaters last fall gathered at Villahermosa's airport to tell the president that they haven't received promised federal financial support. FULL STORY  Mexicans traveling home from US pay a tip to cops and extortion to criminals Some nationals returning to Mexico for the Easter holidays via the United States border city of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, are being pressured to pay money to pass. FULL STORY Murdered migrant's former boyfriend arrested for sexual abuse of her teen daughter The ex-partner of a Salvadoran woman who was allegedly killed by police in Tulum has been accused of having molested the victim's teenage daughter. FULL STORY  50 years later, donkeys continue delivering water in Mexico City villages Thirty years ago, Aureliana started using the pack animals to bring water to hard-to-reach areas in the borough of Xochimilco that didn't have municipal service. She's still doing it today. FULL STORY Sighting of sharks triggers warning for Oaxaca beach The unusual sighting of the two predators uncomfortably close to shore at a Mazunte beach prompted authorities to issue warnings to take precautions. FULL STORY  Opponents ready to fight planned 4,600-home development in La Paz  Citizen group Como Vamos La Paz claims that the project will exacerbate water shortage problems in the city and has launched an online petition against it. FULL STORY OPINION Times are good for Mexico's venerable pawnbrokers The pandemic, a struggling economy and scores of impoverished refugees have added up to ample good cheer for pawn shops, Carlisle Johnson writes. FULL STORY MEXICO LIFE Laid-back Cubo embeds its world-class food experience in a relaxing natural setting This day-long food experience just outside Mexico City combines food foraging, gourmet grilling and cocktails for small groups to bond in the pristine outdoors, Lydia Carey writes. FULL STORY Army revisits 2014 Tlatlaya massacre, quietly arrests 7 soldiers for a second time The Ministry of National Defense last month secretly rearrested the soldiers in connection with the incident from almost seven years ago. FULL STORY Cartel warfare in Michoacán yields 8 headless bodies  The gruesome killings are believed to be the result of confrontations between the Jalisco New Generation Cartel and the Cárteles Unidos. FULL STORY Plane crash kills 2 as gender reveal stunt goes awry  The couple used an aircraft to reveal the sex of their baby this week in Cancún, and things went tragically wrong. FULL STORY  Bribery charges to proceed against a candidate for governor of Chihuahua A judge has ordered the gubernatorial hopeful to stand trial on accusations she accepted payoffs while she was a state lawmaker. FULL STORY Gunfire interrupts taping of candidate's campaign video There's nothing like a bit of gunfire to get in the way of an election candidate's efforts to record a message for his campaign. San Luis Potosí municipal council candidate Claudio Vega Roque and his cameraman made a quick exit stage left. FULL STORY ADVERTISEMENT Search for gasoline spill source leads to two large-scale taps on pipeline  A strong petroleum odor led authorities to a property where fuel appears to have been regularly stolen from the pipeline on an industrial level. FULL STORY Officials close Quintana Roo attraction after boy's death  Authorities suspended the operation of an aquatic activity at a Playa del Carmen amusement park following an accident in which a 13-year-old was pulled into a water filtration system and then later died. FULL STORY RELATED :  13-year-old dies after accident at Quintana Roo tourist attraction. FULL STORY MEXICO LIFE 20 years after its discovery, mysterious Naica Crystal Cave still astonishes Despite 50-degree Celsius conditions, the cavernous site's giant formations and microbes, unlike any others known on Earth, fascinated scientists, John Pint writes. FULL STORY