Mexico: After drought, residents urge a state of emergency to be declared in northern Veracruz

Residents of northern Veracruz want the governor to declare the area in a "state of emergency" because all the small dams are dry and the Chicayan dam has levels never seen before. Fishermen and residents of communities that get their supplies from the Chicayan dam met during the morning to protest against the sugarcane farmers who use the water to irrigate their crops so that they do not continue drying out the dam. With banners with the legend "Don't take any more water from the dam, they are already drying it out and the fish are dying", the protesters from 12 communities protested against the sugarcane farmers. They indicated that the dam is well below its level because there are thousands of hectares around it that have dried up. They reported that with this situation the fish are already beginning to die because the water becomes very hot and they lack oxygen. We must be aware, they indicated, and take care of the water, since if the dam dries up, the communities of Paso de ...