0 ▁in fe ctions ▁of ▁COVID - 1 9 . ▁Christopher ▁Land au , ▁the ▁American ▁Amb assador ▁to ▁Mexico , ▁as ser ts ▁that ▁protect ing ▁the ▁lives ▁of ▁Mexican ▁workers ▁is ▁less ▁important ▁than ▁making ▁sure ▁the ▁American ▁military ▁machine ▁oper ates ▁without ▁a ▁gl itch . ▁Many ▁ma qu il ador as ▁( assembly ▁plants ) ▁along ▁the ▁border ▁are ▁being ▁kept ▁open ▁to ▁produce ▁medical ▁products ▁for ▁the ▁U . S . ▁market , ▁even ▁though ▁the ▁same ▁products ▁cannot ▁be ▁sold ▁in ▁Mexico . ▁At ▁least ▁three ▁people ▁have ▁died ▁at ▁European ▁Schne ider ▁Electric , ▁a ▁factory ▁in ▁T iju ana , ▁and ▁ 1 4 ▁have ▁died ▁at ▁an ▁autom obile ▁parts ▁factory ▁in ▁Ciudad ▁Ju are z . ▁Three ▁confirmed ▁and ▁five ▁sus pected ▁COVID - 1 9 ▁death s ▁can ▁be ▁trac ed ▁to ▁Reg al ▁Bel oit ▁in ▁Ju are z . ▁Mexican os ▁contra ▁la ▁cor rup ción ▁( M ex icans ▁against ▁cor ruption ) ▁alleg es ▁that ▁Lé on ▁Manuel ▁Bart lett , ▁son ▁of ▁Manuel ▁Bart lett , ▁head ▁of ▁the ▁Com isión ▁Federal ▁de ▁Electric idad ▁( CF E ), ▁fra ud ul ently ▁tried ▁to ▁sell ▁over pr iced ▁vent il ators ▁to ▁the ▁Mexican ▁Social ▁Security ▁Institute ▁( IM SS ) ▁in ▁H idal go . ▁May ▁ 2 ▁– ▁The ▁United ▁States ▁Department ▁of ▁Com merce ▁announ ces ▁that ▁the ▁Mexico - U . S . ▁sugar ▁agreement ▁will ▁continue ▁for ▁five ▁years . ▁Mexico