A 30-year-old US citizen who tried to slither past US border agents in California had 52 lizards and snakes hidden in his clothing was arrested earlier this week. Nine snakes and 43 horned lizards were seized. The reptiles were tied up in small bags and concealed in the man’s jacket, pants pockets and groin area, authorities said.
During the President's morning press conference on Wednesday, Mexico's Undersecretary of Health, Hugo López-Gatell, was questioned about de-escalating sanitary measures. He replied that, although the number of Covid cases has been on the decline over the past few weeks, it is not yet time to lower our guard.
Remittances to Mexico totaled 3.9 billion USD in January, representing a 19.6% year-on-year surge. This follows December's 30.2% year-on-year increase. There were 10,589 remittances sent in January with an average value of $371 USD. That represents 10.4% more payments than in January 2021 and the average payment was 8.3% higher.
On Monday night, Mexico received 14,038,500 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, acquired through the Covax global initiative of the United Nations. It is the largest shipment that Mexico has ever received during the health emergency. To date, the pharmaceutical company has delivered 103,318,000 doses to the country.
Mexico's America Movil said on Tuesday it has launched 5G services in 18 Mexican cities and plans to spend $1.8 billion to kick off what regulators have said will become the largest 5G commercial network in Latin America. About 1 million Mexicans are now connected to the 5G network from subsidiary Telcel.
This season's bullfights in Mexico City may be the last, as legislators in the city assembly seek to revive a bill banning the activity. Since 2013, five states in Mexico have banned bull fights, and recent polls indicate substantial support for a ban in Mexico City, as well.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Friday that Washington is lifting a ban on inspections of Mexican avocados, freeing the way for exports to resume. The suspension of inspections had threatened Mexico’s $3 billion annual exports and raised the possibility of prices increases for U.S. consumers.
Despite the pandemic and the presence of the omicron variant in the country, on Monday, 661 couples, several of them already living together for years, got married in a collective wedding ceremony in the municipality of Nezahualcóyotl, 20 kilometers east of the center of Mexico City, on the occasion of Valentine's Day.
Shipments of avocados from Michoacán to the United States have been suspended since last week. The order was given by APHIS-USDA after one of its officers carrying out inspection work in Uruapan, Michoacan, received a threatening call on his official cell phone, according to Mexico’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
After an almost 5-year hiatus the Zacua, a 100% electric and 100% Mexican car company, is back in the headlines after last week's unveiling of the first two models at the auto production plant in Pueblo. Like other electric vehicles, it does not emit CO2, but something that makes it unique in the world is that it is built by women.
