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Masked mariachis serenade mothers in Panama

By AFP
09 December 2020   |   1:52 pm
"We play in many homes where ladies look very much like my mother," says Rey Azteca while fighting back the tears. He recently lost his mother to Covid-19, and is part of a group of mariachi musicians who played serenades outside houses and in a church in Panama City to celebrate Mother's Day.

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