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Two tourists who attacked a journalist reporting live from a Puerto Vallarta beach have been identified by Mexican media as Vancouver residents.
On Monday, Doraliz Terrón of Paralelo Informativo was confronted by the pair while filming a Facebook Live segment on vacationers ignoring stay-at-home orders to sunbathe at closed beaches.
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“You can’t film us,” the first man said, swearing at the reporter and attempting to wrestle her phone away. “You need our permission and we don’t give you permission. Get out of here.”
A second man joined the confrontation, asking, “How much are you going to pay us for this?” before swearing, shouting sexist slurs and making threatening gestures at Terrón.
Beaches in Mexico are public property, and permission is not needed to take footage of people in public spaces.
Furthermore, they’re closed, as local officials work to contain the spread of COVID-19 in the state of Jalisco, where there have been 135 confirmed cases and seven deaths.
