| Yaqui Indians Demand Halt to Construction of Mexico's Sonora Aqueduct Agencia EFE | |
| go to original September 27, 2013 |
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After 20 years of drought and little help from government, aquaduct further threatens Yaqui way of life. (AlJazeeraEnglish)
MEXICO CITY - Yaqui Indians have delivered more than 9,000 signatures to Mexico's environmental enforcement office demanding a halt to construction of an aqueduct in the northern state of Sonora they say will leave them without water.
The petition was launched on the Web site Change.org by members of the Yaqui's head town, Vicam.
A representative of that Indian community, Mario Luna, delivered the letters to the environmental enforcement chief, Francisco Alejandro Moreno Merino; the office's delegate in Sonora, Jorge Carlos Flores Monge; and the federal government's environment and natural resources secretary, Juan Jose Guerra Abud, the village of Vicam said in a statement.
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