

CIUDAD VICTORIA, TAMAULIPAS (May 24, 2020).- According to the Associated Press, officials in a Mexican border city are tightening checks on travellers coming from Texas, saying they fear U.S. visitors may be helping feed a spike in COVID-19 cases.
Municipal and state officials in Matamoros, together with Mexico’s National Guard began setting up checkpoints Saturday at the three border crossings to question U.S. citizens and residents coming from Brownsville, Texas. City official Jorge Mora Solaldine said only one person will be allowed per vehicle and people will have to prove they have essential business, such as work or medical care.
At least 180 people were turrned back at a single point on Saturday, according to city officials.
Mexico and the U.S. announced in March that they were closing the border to non-essential business, but enforcement has been spotty in some places and there were few if any checks on those coming into Matamoros. Commercial traffic, critical to the economy on both sides of the border, has continued on a large scale.
The municipality of Matamoros, with a population of roughly 500,000, has reported 323 confirmed infections of the new coronavirus and 29 deaths, while Cameron County on the other side of the border has recorded about 700 cases and 32 deaths among its roughly 420,000 people.
The U.S.-Mexico border is the most transited in the world, with many people normally crossing almost daily for work or school. Residents and officials on both sides have asserted that travellers from across the border were bringing the infection.
In Nogales, Sonora, some people temporarily blocked the crossing from Arizona with their vehicles in March, accusing the Mexican government of failing to screen people coming from the U.S.
For most people, the coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness and lead to death.
more recommended stories
Yucatan is the first Mexican state to export Mamey to Europe
Mexico exported mamey for the first.
Digital Yucatan provides students in the south of Merida with free Internet in their schools
Governor Mauricio Vila Dosal continues to.
Indigenous communities insist on stopping the Maya Train Project in Yucatan
MEXICO CITY – Despite the fact.
AMLO will ban pork farms in Yucatan due to high levels of contamination
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador affirmed.
Jobs will be offered on March 30 for women only
MÉRIDA, Yucatan, March 21, 2023.- This.
Federal government will grant a contract for road studies in Yucatán
Mexico’s Secretariat of Infrastructure, Communications and.
More than 1,000 Yucatecan students will participate in the JUDEMS Sports Games
MÉRIDA, Yucatan, March 22, 2023.- The.
Governor Mauricio Vila is looking for more international flights for Yucatán
Chicago, Illinois, March 22, 2023.- Yucatan.
Mauricio Vila reaffirms his government’s commitment to combat climate change
As vice-president, he attended the VI.
Four people arrested in Merida for acts of violence during a march to commemorate World Water Day
During a citizen’s march for World.
Leave a Comment