Across Mexico, the CanSino and Sputnik vaccines have been widely, though in neighboring Sonora only CanSino has been used. Until the life-saving medicines get that authorization, Mexicans who received them will likely not be able to cross into the United States when restrictions on non-essential travel are lifted on Nov. 8.

For the first time in months, neighboring Sonora is now considered "low risk" on the federal coronavirus scale. The transition comes as cases and deaths in Sonora and across Mexico continue to steadily decline.

The Biden administration is preparing to restart a program known as “Remain in Mexico” after a federal judge ordered its reinstatement. Officials, however, say it will require Mexico’s cooperation to resume the Trump administration program that sent asylum seekers back to Mexico to await U.S. court hearings.

Neighboring Sonora, Mexico, has experienced rising violence for years now. In response, the state’s new governor has released a plan he says will curb crime and corruption and restore peace.

The head of one of several Sonoran groups dedicated to searching for missing loved ones hopes to soon return to the state after fleeing in response to threats. Ceci Patricia Flores fled the state after a fellow searcher was murdered in July.

But Mexico's energy secretary said the reform could result in the cancellation of contracts with private developers of major wind and solar projects.

In May, the global semiconductor shortage resulted in a longer, two-week shutdown, though this time the specific shortage at play has not been specified.

Extreme violence has periodically broken out along the international highway in northern Sonora in recent years.

As parts of the U.S. implement laws severely restricting access to abortion, in Mexico, things seem to be headed in another direction. The country’s court in September handed down a ruling that essentially decriminalizes abortion. But restrictive laws remain on the books in most of Mexico.
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