Mexican mayor threatens to impose jail time or community service on residents refusing to wear face masks
A Mexican mayor has threatened his residents will jail time or community service if they refuse to wear face coverings as the city combats the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. San Pedro Mixtepec mayor Freddy Gil issued the order Friday and said it will remain in place for 30 days. Anyone dismissing the order will be subject to six hours in jail or could be ordered to do three hours of community service or could be fined 150 Mexican pesos - or US$7. 'More than about law, it's about justice, because it's not fair that we continue to spread the virus if the authorities don't do something forceful, something that really shakes the citizens,' Gil said, according to Mexican newspaper Diario Marca. Freddy Gil, the mayor of San Pedro Mixtepec, a city in the southwestern Mexican state of Oaxaca, imposed an order that went into effect Friday that will jail residents for up to six hours if they are found in the streets without face mask. Rule breakers could also be subjec