China News Service, May 18, according to "Central News Agency" reported on the 17th, during the New Crown epidemic, Mexico's mainstream alcoholic beverages were in short supply. Mexican authorities say that at least 121 Mexicans died after drinking alcohol mixed with other substances.
According to reports, affected by the epidemic, factories producing spirits and beer were closed, and many Mexicans had no alcohol to drink. According to industry sources, Mexican beer stocks are about to run out within a month, and beer prices in some regions have even doubled.
In recent weeks, at least 121 people in Mexico have died from drinking adulterated alcoholic beverages. Of the 53 dead in Puebla, many deaths were related to a wine mixed with methanol. It is reported that if people drink alcohol mixed with methanol, even if it is not fatal, it may cause blindness and liver damage.
In addition, in Chiconcuautla, 23 people died after attending a party. Local officials said that the sugarcane wine the deceased drank was mixed with other substances.
According to reports, during the epidemic, gangsters who were good at making fake wine tried to take advantage of the closure of the winery to make a fortune. Cardenas of the Mexican Federal Health Risk Protection Committee said: "They usually have a well-organized gangster background, and some people can escape the surveillance of the authorities."