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Neither the burning rays of the sun, intense heat or thirst, prevented more than 500 Catholics from participating in the Living-Cross activity that each year groups of the Apostolic Church of Divine Providence do. It represents over 14 stations of the Passion, Death and Resurrection of the Messiah.

The supply of drinking water in Chetumal and the various resorts in the district capital is guaranteed over the next four days, said the municipal manager system operator of the Committee on Water Supply and Sewerage (CAPA), Enrique Alonso Alcocer. He has argued that this is an important week when there is more demand for the service.

The vendors in the Lázaro Cárdenas market had to close their shops 3 days early, as they did in the Manuel Altmirano market, not only due to the arrival of the Easter holidays, but also because of zero sales, so they closed early, to return next Monday.

Regarding this, the representative of the butchers in the building, Mauro Aguilar Rejón, said that given the current economic conditions, there were only one or two sales a day, so they had to close their shops 3 days early for Holy Week.

Two bodies in an advanced state of decomposition were found the afternoon of Sunday night on the coast of an island known as Caleta de Barlovento, located west of Calderitas. Elements of the State Judicial Police and Border managed to recover the bodies Monday, which had bullet wounds.

The men have been identified as Desiderio Cannula Castillo and Alfonso Martinez Lopex, also known as "El Marro", 67 and 55 years old, respectively. According to the police the men had been killed at least 10 days previously, by Christopher Chan Dzul, 49, who was arrested even though he tried to flee.