Jail time awaits people who refuse to wear masks in the municipality of San Pedro Mixtepec because it is not fair that we continue to spread the virus if the authorities do not do something forceful something that really shakes up the citizens,” Mayor Fredy Gil Pineda Gopar said which went into effect Friday and will remain in place for 30 days replicates the actions of other coastal Oaxaca municipalities such as San Pedro Pochutla and Santos Reyes Nopala “We are working hard so that as of this Friday no one goes without a mask on the street.” The penalty for not wearing a mask will be six hours of jail time or three hours of community service Up to 50 people can be jailed at any one time Jail cells will be regularly cleaned and sanitized Pineda says he is aware of the political cost he may face “I am willing to assume it because we have to keep order Someone has to face this pandemic with a strong and firm hand and we want to be pioneers in the fight against the pandemic.” Tourism should not be affected in the municipality which includes part of the resort town of Puerto Escondido and the mayor says he has not considered closing beaches That is not the case in the neighboring municipality of Santa María Colotepec which also includes parts of Puerto Escondido the municipal government announced 13 new coronavirus mitigation measures that will remain in place for the rest of the month due to “a large scale outbreak of positive Covid-19 cases in our municipal jurisdiction.” and restaurants and hotels can only operate at 20% of capacity That move triggered a flare-up in a decades-old spat between the two municipalities Authorities in San Pedro say Santa María is in violation of a court ruling by suspending activities in the area that includes the town’s famous surfing beach Source: Diario Marca (sp) ADVERTISE WITH MND COMMUNITY GUIDELINES Subscription FAQ's Privacy Policy Mexico News Daily - Property of Tavana LLC Unlock exclusive members-only ad-free content SIGN ME UP ￫ At least four people were killed and more than 30 others were injured in a 7.5-magnitude earthquake that rocked southern and central Mexico on Tuesday morning the southern state where the quake’s epicenter was located also said that at least seven hospitals sustained damage homes collapsed and landslides sent rocks tumbling onto highways They said that a 22-year-old woman in La Crucecita a town in the tourist destination of Huatulco located 23 kilometers north of the earthquake epicenter and another person in the same area were killed by walls that collapsed in the quake a municipality in Oaxaca’s Sierra Sur region as a result of the quake but the exact cause of his death was unclear Civil Protection authorities also said that a Pemex worker died from burns after the earthquake triggered an explosion at the oil refinery in Salina Cruz They also said that more than 30 people had been injured in different parts of the state Puerto Escondido and Pinotepa Nacional were damaged in the quake as were community hospitals in Santa Catarina Juquila An IMSS health clinic in the community of Los Naranjos de la Costa also reported structural damage after the temblor that struck at 10:29 a.m The newspaper El Universal reported that military personnel were traveling to San Juan Ozolotepec where there were reports of collapsed homes Highway authorities reported that a landslide caused a blockage on the highway between Oaxaca City and the Isthmus of Tehuantepec on the Totolapan-El Camarón section They also said that federal highway 200 was impassable in the Pochutla-Huatulco area The earthquake also sent rocks tumbling onto a road in San Juan Ozolotepec The temblor was felt in at least six states and triggered the earthquake alarm in Mexico City where people rushed out of their homes to seek safety It also triggered a small tsunami on the coast of Oaxaca but it didn’t pose a threat to human life The National Seismological Service (SSN) said that the sea level rose 60 centimeters in Huatulco which currently has few tourists due to the coronavirus pandemic an Isthmus of Tehunatepec town that was devastated by an 8.2-magnitude temblor in September 2017 said that he rushed into the street with his family when the quake struck but they had to stop in the middle of the street because the pavement was buckling “We couldn’t walk … the street was like chewing gum,” Candelaria told the news agency Reuters where hundreds of people were killed in a second powerful earthquake in September 2017 helicopters flew low overhead to check for damage Mayor Claudia Shienbaum said on Twitter that only minor damage had been reported although videos posted to social media showed buildings and posts swaying violently The SSN said that there had been 303 aftershocks by 1:00 p.m and that the largest of those had a magnitude of 4.6 Source: El Universal (sp), Milenio (sp)