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Sinaloa factory producing between 15,000 and 20,000 tortillas a day during coronavirus pandemic

By Craig T. Kojima

April 28, 2020

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Sinaloa continues to churn out tortillas during coronavirus pandemic
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A small sampling of Sinaloa products.
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A plate of Sinaloa's surfboard tortilla chips.
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Brothers Tonatiuh, Xicotencatl, Quetzalcoatl and Cuauhtemoc Macias held up their chips.
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Quetzalcoatl Macias, left, and Xicotencatl Macias checked out tortillas coming out of the oven.
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A sampling of Sinaloa products.
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A sinaloa employee looked over flour tortillas being produced in mass quantity.
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Flour tortillas start out in balls before before being flattened for tortillas.
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April 24, 2020 CTY-Honolulu Star-Advertiser photo by Craig T. Kojima /CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM Brothers Tonatiuh, Xicotencatl, Quetzalcoatl and Cuauhtemoc Macias held up their chips.
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Xicotencatl Macias sorted out flour tortillas.
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Sinaloa's surfboard tortilla chips.
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Quetzalcoatl Macias watched as corn tortillas baked in an oven.
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Xicotencatl Macias, with Richard Ma’ae, corn supervisor, looking over tortillas.
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Marcie Abaga, right, production supervisor, packed the product along with Clifford Pungtilan.
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Xicotencatl Macias sorted out flour tortillas.
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