Let the music play: Mexico beach bands victorious after noise complaints

Hotel owner in Mazatlan had suggested limiting the time or places where the bands could play after complaints from foreign tourists

Bands who play the thumping tuba-and-drums songs of northern Mexico on beaches in the resort city of Mazatlan appear to have emerged victorious this week after noise complaints had threatened to silence them.

But anybody who planned to witness the 8 April eclipse in a moment of awed silence will likely be disappointed. Mazatlan, on the Pacific coast, will be first place in North America where the path of totality will be visible.