International Day of Action to Cancel Zapotillo
US activists and Mexican nationals organized a protest at the Mexican
consulate in San Francisco on November 10 to demand the cancellation of
the Zapotillo Dam. Many of the protesters recently returned from Mexico
and witnessed the illegal construction of the project.
Thousands of people are participate in demonstrations on November 10 as
part of an International Day of Action to Cancel the Zapotillo Dam.
The Mexican government, in conjunction with the National and Jalisco
State Water Commissions, has illegally started construction on the
105-meter El Zapotillo Dam. The dam, which is proposed to supply water
to the industrial city of Leon, Guanajuato, continues without the
appropriate environmental impact and land use permits and without the
informed consent of the affected communities. The dam would be located
on the Rio Verde, in the highlands of Mexico's Jalisco State.
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