ECATEPEC, Mexico–Police in one suburb of Mexico City are playing cat and mouse with revelers at underground parties that flout coronavirus restrictions.
On Friday, for instance, authorities in the town of Ecatepec raided the same house for the third time to break up a party with mask-less people drinking beer and dancing to a DJ. The festivities, like others held on the sly, had been advertised on social media.
“Do you know how bad the coronavirus is?” an officer asked the host of the party, as guests filed out to the street under the gaze of some 30 police, soldiers, firefighters and members of the National Guard.
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