The first local zika case was reported Tuesday by a state official who asked residents to keep preventative measures in order to avoid getting sick.
Baja California state Chief Epidemiologist Néstor Hernández said the first local zika case was reported in Ensenada on a 25-year-old man who has not traveled outside the state.
The patient has already been released from the hospital, he said.
Authorities said no other local zika cases have been reported so far.
The aedes aegypti mosquito —which also spreads illnesses like dengue, Chikungunya and West Nile Virus— has been found in several Mexicali neighborhoods like Miraflores, División del Norte, Constitución, Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez, Carbajal, Esperanza, Popular Centinela, Naranjos, Villa Verde and Baja California, this one located just across Calexico.
Authorities installed over 6,000 traps to detect and monitor mosquitoes, he said.
Hernández asked residents to use long sleeve shirts and pants, cover containers with water, avoid keeping water in containers outdoors, keep doors and windows appropriately locked.
Men indicted for robbery
our individuals were indicted for their alleged involvement in two different robberies, said the Attorney General’s office.
In the first case a state judge indicted Juan Carlos “Doe,” Francisco Javier “Doe” and Alexis Rafael “Doe,” as suspects of a robbery reported Jan. 29 at Tianguis Jasco, located at Fraccionamiento Valle de Puebla in southeastern Mexicali.
According to authorities the suspects arrived dressed with masks and one of them brandished a shotgun while another individual took money from a cash register.
The suspects fled on foot but were arrested blocks ahead.
The judge gave detectives two months to close the investigation and decided to keep the suspects behind bars.
The fourth individual was identified as Ramsés Antonio “doe,” 21, who presumably robbed the Pizza Time restaurant at Colonia Leandro Valle neighborhood.
The agency said the suspect brandished a BB gun and took a television set and a cell phone.
The suspect fled on a bicycle but was arrested blocks ahead.
The judge have detectives on the case one month to close the investigation and determined the suspect must stay at jail for the remainder of trial.
Baby found in trash container
The body of a fetus was found dead inside a trash container Tuesday evening, said the Municipal Public Safety Department.
Authorities said at 6 p.m. a report was made by a homeless man who told police officers he located the corpse while searching inside a trash container.
The body was found at Mineros Street and Fundidores Street at Colonia Libertad neigborhood.
The corpse was inside a black plastic bag, the police said.
The police reported the body was of a 2-month-old boy, but according to media reports the corpse was in fact a fetus of eight months.
