Mexico News Today Friday, April 9, 2021

 

FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 2021

Cancún arrivals highest since February 2020 Incoming flight traffic to the beach destination's international airport in March reached 1.57 million passengers, the most it's been since before the Covid-19 pandemic began. FULL STORY

Health officials modify vaccination schedule Blaming late deliveries of Pfizer vaccines earlier this year, the government has delayed by one month the next upcoming stages of Covid inoculations. FULL STORY

Quintana Roo governor criticizes Mexico's flawed vaccination strategy Carlos Joaquín González said that a young population means the state has a vaccine surplus, but the federal government won't allow him to use extra doses on health or tourism workers under 60. FULL STORY Vaccinated seniors can go back to work bagging the nation's groceries Those over 60 who have received their second dose of Covid-19 vaccine can now return to their jobs packing items for customers in supermarkets. FULL STORY Men disguised themselves as senior citizens in attempt to get a Covid-19 shot The pair — aged 35 and 31 and who will be charged with identity theft and falsification of documents — reportedly dyed their hair and eyebrows gray. FULL STORY ADVERTISEMENT Morena lawmakers want animal rights enshrined in Mexico's constitution Lorenia Iveth Valles Sampedro's proposal would require all levels of government to enact legal protections of animals' well-being. FULL STORY MEXICO LIFE In the southeast’s ‘water communities,’ families live life at a river’s mercy The lands along the Usumacinta River are home to largely forgotten families who eke out a quiet life, cut off from the outside world, Shannon Collins writes. FULL STORY MEXICO LIFE The tragic tale of ‘The Third Guadalajara,’ located right in the middle of nowhere A mesa north of the city hosts a curious monument to the Spanish colonials' third attempt to found a version of what is today Jalisco's capital, John Pint writes. FULL STORY AMLO renews journalist attack with history lesson to show media can’t be trusted To bolster the idea that a senior's recent Covid inoculation with an empty syringe was staged, the president recalled a 2005 arrest faked for TV. FULL STORY Journalist who published video of migrant’s murder accuses cops of robbery Reporter Francisco Canul says he believes the break-in into his Tulum home that he discovered Sunday was by local police in retaliation for his publication of footage of their fellow officers allegedly killing a woman. FULL STORY Video reveals another case of police brutality in Tulum Two weeks after law enforcement here allegedly killed a woman during an arrest, a video has surfaced showing officers using excessive force to detain a young man. FULL STORY Man caught on video beating a woman identified as National Guardsman A Mexico City surveillance camera recorded the man throwing the victim out of his car and then attacking her. FULL STORY 2 weeks later, missing Jalisco family found alive A day after their 1-year-old-daughter was found alone, the rest of the missing Villaseñor Romo family was located Friday near Guadalajara. FULL STORY RELATED: Child of family missing for 2 weeks found in La Barca, Jalisco. FULL STORY Fuel thieves turn from pipeline taps to smuggling fuel by land and by sea Bands of former petroleum robbers are reportedly colluding with customs officials to illegally bring gasoline and diesel into Mexico. FULL STORY Priest sentenced to 27 years for homicide of deacon The prison term the court handed down to Catholic clergyman Francisco Javier Bautista Ávalos is significantly less than the 50-year maximum penalty his victim's family sought. FULL STORY MEXICO LIFE Nahua weaver group doesn’t just preserve vanishing skills, it’s changing lives The women of Zongolica, Veracruz, came together to keep knowledge of their traditional techniques alive, but they've managed so much more, Leigh Thelmadatter writes in our new Artisan Spotlight series. FULL STORY