CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Deaths from the coronavirus in the city of Juárez increased by one on Sunday, while 15 new cases were reported – including an outbreak in a prison. The death toll in Juárez went from 157 to 158, as it was the sixth-straight day of the city reporting virus fatalities. The city’s
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Chihuahua state health officials on Saturday reported five more deaths from the coronavirus in Juraez, bringing the death toll to 157. That figure contributed to 200 total deaths to date in the entire state of Chihuahua. Infections from the virus continued to increase also, with ten new cases recorded Saturday in
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — As Mexico moves toward a gradual reactivation of its economy Monday, the number of new coronavirus infections and deaths in the city of Juarez and the state of Chihuahua grows higher every day, raising fears of a new wave of infections that other countries have seen after loosening restrictions. Chihuahua state
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MEXICO CITY, Mexico — Mexico has just reported its largest one-day rise in coronavirus cases, with 2,409. Assistant Health Secretary Hugo López-Gatell said Thursday night that the country is at “the most difficult” moment in the pandemic. It was the first time in Mexico that the number of new cases exceeded 2,000 in one day.
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — As the coronavirus death toll in Juárez rose by five more on Thursday, health data indicated there are both more deaths and more hospitalizations to date than recoveries. The fatality count in Juárez now stands at 133, meanwhile 167 patients are currently in the hospital due to the virus, Mexico’s northern
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MEXICO CITY, Mxeico — Authorities said as many as 40 people died after drinking methanol in two states in central Mexico, the latest in a series of mass bad-alcohol poisonings registered since coronavirus lockdowns began and many towns banned legitimate liquor sales. In the township of Chiconcuautla in Puebla state, Mayor Artemio Hernández said Wednesday
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY, Mexico — President Andrés Manuel López Obrador pledged Wednesday to begin reopening Mexico’s economy next week — under pressure at home and from U.S. officials — even as the country saw its largest one-day jump in coronavirus cases, hospitals are reeling, and testing remains inadequate. Economy Secretary Graciela Marquez said the move would
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — All 21 new cases of the coronavirus, as well as the five new deaths, reported in Chihuahua state on Wednesday came from Juárez, state health officials said. Juárez saw its’ death count jump to 128, which accounts for the majority of the state’s 159 virus fatalities to date. The caseload for
Continue Reading DALLAS, Texas — Police have arrested two people after finding a 6-year-old boy locked in a shed in Dallas. Esmeralda Lira, 53, and Jose Balderas, 66, were booked into the Dallas County jail on child endangerment charges. Bonds are set at $100,000 each. Court records state both are Mexican citizens and were in the United
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MEXICO CITY, Mexico — President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is set to announce a plan for the “gradual” resumption of economic activities on Wednesday. It comes after Mexico’s top advisory body on the coronavirus pandemic says it will issue guidelines that would allow for the re-opening of construction, mining, and car and truck manufacturing. The
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MEXICO CITY, Mexico — A Mexican nursing supervisor who touched the hearts of the nation when she made a tearful appeal for respect for health care professionals said Tuesday she has tested positive for the new coronavirus. Fabiana Zepeda is the head of nursing for the Mexican Social Security Institute. The institute republished a Tweet
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — The medical director for the northern zone of Mexico predicted Tuesday that the state of Chihuahua and the city of Juarez will see their highest peak of the coronavirus epidemic in about a week. That word came as the number of virus deaths in Juárez jumped by ten and cases rose
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Three children were killed in a raging house fire late Monday night in a south Juárez neighborhood, authorities said. According to ABC-7’s news partners at Canal 44, the children who died in the blaze were ages 2, 3 and 7. Neighbors said the parents of the children were at work when
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Juarez surpassed a milestone mark on Monday as the death toll held steady, health officials said. The caseload rose to 507, officials indicated, up 20 cases from 487 the day prior; virus deaths remained at 113 – unchanged from the weekend. Across the state
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — The death toll from the coronavirus in Juarez grew by one person on Sunday to 113, Chihuahua state health officials said. The latest victim, according to some reports, was a woman who died in a car while awaiting to be admitted to a Juarez hospital, although the medical director for Mexico’s
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — After a day with just one fatality, the number of deaths from coronavirus in Juárez jumped by seven to 112 on Saturday, contributing to a toll of 142 across Chihuahua state. Juárez to date posted 474 confirmed virus cases, which amounts to the majority of the state’s 760 total infections. Health
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MEXICO CITY, Mexico — Two men were arrested for the strangling deaths of three sisters who worked in Mexico’s government hospital system, and authorities ruled out any link to nationwide assaults on medical staff as anxiety over the pandemic escalates. Initial evidence shows the suspects, a nurse and a municipal market worker in their 20s,
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MEXICO CITY, Mexico — Police in the northern Mexico border state of Coahuila said Friday they found three sisters who worked in the government hospital system strangled to death, stirring further alarm in a country where attacks against health care workers have been reported across the country. Two of the sisters were nurses at the
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — The mayor of Juarez announced he is imposing a curfew that will take effect as of 10 p.m. Friday and run for the next 10 days in the hopes of reducing the spread of the coronavirus. Under Mayor Armando Cabada’s order, residents of Juarez are expected to stay home after 10
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — The Chihuahua Health Secretariat on Friday said there was one new coronavirus death in the city of Juarez, but no additional cases were reported. The latest Juarez death was the city’s 105th Covid-19 fatality, and one of 132 deaths throughout the state of Chihuahua. There were only 10 new virus cases
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Officials in the city that has been the hardest hit in Chihuahua state by Covid-19 are taking more aggressive steps to fight the spread of the virus. The Juarez virus death count stood slightly above the century mark Thursday as the case count continues to grow. The city of Juarez is
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — The Chihuahua Ministry of Health reported Thursday that the number of coronavirus deaths in the city of Juárez held steady at 104, while there was one additional death in the state to put its fatality count at 126. It was a milestone moment for Juárez, as the last day there were
Continue Reading WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. officials say fewer illegal immigrants are trying to enter the country from Mexico amid new enforcement rules imposed in response to the coronavirus outbreak. RELATED STORY: U.S.-Canadian border illegal crossings rise; many are Mexicans Acting U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Mark Morgan says agents are encountering about half the number
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SWANTON, Vermont — The number of people apprehended for illegally crossing from Canada into the United States along its northern border has nearly tripled over the past three years, and a growing portion are Mexican citizens, according to federal data. One Mexican man who crossed illegally to work on a Vermont dairy farm said it
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas — A construction firm promoted by President Donald Trump to build his signature border wall violated American treaty obligations with a private border fence next to the river separating Texas and Mexico, a U.S. agency has found. The El Paso-based International Boundary and Water Commission found that Fisher Industries’ 3-mile fence of
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Mayor Armando Cabada became the latest confirmed case of the coronavirus in Juarez on Wednesday evening. The mayor made the announcement in a social media post (see it at the bottom of this article) where he indicated he tested positive for Covid-19 and added: “No one is exempt from contagion.” Cabada
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MEXICO CITY, Mexico — Rarely used in Latin America outside hospitals before the coronavirus pandemic, face masks are now compulsory for subway riders, supermarket shoppers and even joggers in some countries — and they’re becoming a colorful part of the region’s daily life. Motifs showing up on masks are varied, often reflecting local cultures. There
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — The number of people who have died as a result of the coronavirus jumped to 125 in the state of Chihuahua on Wednesday, and health officials said the leading contributor to that count was Juárez with 104 fatalities. Juarez was up seven deaths from the 97 it had reported the day
Continue Reading CIUDAD JURAEZ, Mexico — The Chihuahua Health Secretariat on Tuesday reported 17 new coronavirus deaths in Juarez, bringing the city’s total fatality count to nearly a hundred. Of those 17 latest fatalities contributing to a tally of 97 in Juarez, health officials said some of those deaths were old but had been reclassified from pneumonia
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EL PASO, Texas — Some downtown El Paso businesses closed for the past several weeks have now opened their doors following the Texas governor’s green light to do so. But there is one part of the picture that is badly missing: Customers. Shop owners told ABC-7 on Monday that they are struggling and miss the purchasing
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