“So far no one has convinced me that this is the solution,” he said in an interview with The Associated Press. “It seems to be the answer for those who don’t see another way to reduce violence. But I favor a debate and evaluating the arguments people are making about the subject in different parts of the world.”

A lava dome is growing in the volcano’s crater, the National Disaster Prevention Center said Tuesday. The 17,886-foot (5,450-meter) volcano also has been spewing fragments of incandescent rock recently, as well as water vapor and ash. The volcano could experience “significant explosions of growing intensity that hurl incandescent rocks significant distances,” large ash showers and possible flows of mud and molten rocks down the volcano’s flanks, the center said.

Benedict’s six-day journey, which took him to the León archdiocese in Mexico and Santiago and Havana in Cuba, was the 23rd foreign outing of his papacy, but his first to Spanish-speaking Latin America.

There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. Officials described the quake as an aftershock of the 7.4-magnitude temblor which struck in the same area on March 20, damaging hundreds of homes.

Witnesses in the capital, Mexico City, said the tremor sent office workers rushing out onto the streets. Some 500 houses were damaged in Guerrero state, according to the state’s governor, local TV reported.

The amendments endorsed by the Senate and earlier by the House of Deputies would have the federal Attorney General’s Office investigates all crimes against news workers.

The changes won’t take effect unless they are approved by at least 17 of Mexico’s 31 state legislatures and are then signed by the president.

Mexican officials said that popular tourist areas such as Cancun and Cabo San Lucas are safe for American travelers.

The IPC index of the leading 35 shares rose 0.6% to 38021 points on volume of 225.5 million shares valued at 4.85 billion pesos ($377 million). The IPC closed 0.4% lower in the previous session.

The 37-year-old office manager was released from Foothills Medical Centre and is “currently being cared for by her family, with the help of some very close and great friends,” said a family member, who asked not to be named.

“She still has a lengthy recovery, as well as most likely other surgeries in her future,” the family member said. “She and her family remain positive in the outcome of this process as she has been receiving excellent care since she has been back in Calgary.”

The attack happened while Nabb was on vacation with her husband, Andrew Nabb, in Mazatlan last month.

After their first night at a resort, she was found unconscious and naked, her face badly beaten, in a hotel elevator.

Nabb returned to Calgary to undergo extensive facial reconstruction surgery.

The case drew inter-national attention and top Sinaloa state officials vowed to make the investigation a priority.

Within a week, Mexican authorities arrested a Mexican-American man, Jose Ramon Acosta Quintero.

He confessed to the attack and was charged with at-tempted murder.

Soon after, however, the accused told journalists in Mexico he had confessed only after he was tortured.

Sinaloa Attorney General Marco Antonio Higuera Gomez said Quintero had “absolutely not” been tortured.

In a recent interview with the Herald, Higuera Gomez said an extensive list of evidence, including video surveillance, link the accused to the crime.

The case remains open, however, as authorities are still looking for a Canadian man believed to have been with Quintero shortly before the attack. Mexican officials are refusing to release the man’s name.

In Calgary, Nabb’s family said the outpouring of support for the injured woman is appreciated.

The figures, which were obtained from the Bank of Mexico, show that the number of visitors from Brazil rose 66 percent, while arrivals from Russia, up 55 percent, Peru, up 33 percent, and China, up 30 percent, also soared, the secretariat said.