Thursday, July 17, 2025

Mexicali clinic shuttered for offering coronavirus cure

A Baja California medical clinic advertising a cure for the coronavirus has been shuttered by authorities for promoting and administering medical products of “dubious origin.” 

The Clínica Ríos, located in Mexicali and owned by Juan Carlos Ríos Sotelo, promised social media followers that it could cure the virus and offered an attractive alternative to staying in that city’s crowded hospitals for those infected with Covid-19. 

The Baja California State Health Hazard Prevention Commission (Coepris) raided the clinic on Tuesday, much to the doctor’s consternation and the bewilderment of his patients, seizing several bottles of the supposed coronavirus cure, as well as testing kits that the doctor was also using on patients.

The cure and tests, which the doctor had stored under lock and key, will now remain in the hands of authorities until a hearing can be held.  The cure will also be tested to determine its content. 

Mexicali is a hot spot in Mexico for the coronavirus and as of June 9 had 3,120 confirmed cases, according to data from the state’s website, with the total number of cases in Baja California numbering 6,297.

Source: La Jornada (sp)

Have something to say? Paid Subscribers get all access to make & read comments.
The achoque is a critically endangered salamander that’s the cousin of the famous axolotl.

Lake Pátzcuaro’s fishermen answer call to rescue the achoque, the axolotl’s endangered cousin

1
Fishermen in Pátzcuaro, Michoacán, have teamed up with local scientists to raise achoque hatchlings and re-release them into the lake in an effort to stabilize their declining population.
men working in seaweed off the coast

Despite heroic clean-up efforts, sargassum keeps accumulating on Quintana Roo’s coast

3
A stunning indication of the current crisis — as well as of the locals' heroism — took place in Isla Mujeres, where between Sunday night and Monday morning, 140 tonnes of the algae came ashore.
water in the Cutzamala System

Cutzamala System recovers to 56% capacity after historic rainfall in central Mexico

0
The Cutzamala System, which supplies water to the greater Mexico City area, currently has 27.6% more water than it did at this point in 2024.
BETA Version - Powered by Perplexity