Several other investigations of major produce imports are ongoing, and importers of Mexican fruits and vegetables are worried about the possibility of different determinations for them.

For the last four years, a nonprofit group in the Sonoran capital Hermosillo has been carrying out an annual survey to identify the needs and concerns among residents. Overwhelmingly, violence and drug addiction were cited as the city’s biggest issues.

In Mexico, more than 400 scientists, academics and others signed on to a letter directed at the country’s president this week, with recommendations for his pandemic response.

The German aerospace company AT Engine invested more than $200 million in the facility, which will supply customer General Electric with turbine parts, according to a state release and comments from a company representative. The facility is expected to bring roughly 400 jobs to the state.

Data suggests that the second wave is coming down, but fears of a potential third wave remain.

Two weeks ago, Mexico’s president announced that he had contracted COVID-19. He reappeared in a press conference, showing no intention of changing his relaxed approach toward the pandemic.

A group of about 30 families of Sonoran police officers who have died in the line of duty protested in the state capital Hermosillo over long-promised government assistance they say has never come.

In a Thursday video, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador confirmed the negative test, but he said he still had a few more days of recovery to go.

This week, a new gender identity law in neighboring Sonora, Mexico, has taken effect — four months after it was passed by the Sonoran Congress last October.