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Mexico bakes under killer heat wave

"Sweltering temperatures sweep across Mexico as a relentless heat wave tightens its grip, leaving locals and authorities grappling with a potentially lethal summer scorcher."

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But it is not just work that becomes challenging in these conditions. Eating from food stalls in the street -- a time-honored Mexican custom -- becomes risky because the heat is spoiling the food. De Jesus got a taste of this recently and missed three days of work. "I got sick in the stomach from tacos I ate in the street," he said.