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It's so bad in #Mexico, even the #police are #protesting!

Mexico’s #drought, #heatwave and #WaterShortage are so bad even police are blocking traffic in #protest

AP, May 22, 2024

"Mexico’s drought, heatwave and water shortages have gotten so bad that even police blocked traffic in protest Wednesday.

"In recent months, residents of some #MexicoCity neighborhoods have regularly taken to forming #HumanChains to block boulevards to demand water. In April, complaints about #ContaminatedWater sparked a weeks-long crisis in one upscale neighborhood.

"Normally, police seek to redirect traffic, but on Wednesday some officers were themselves manning a protest blockade, near the capital’s iconic Independence Monument.

"The officers stood blocking six lanes of traffic, saying their barracks hadn’t had water for a week, and that the bathrooms were unusable.

"'We don’t have water in the bathrooms,' said one female officer who would not give her name for fear of reprisals, adding that conditions in the barracks were intolerable. 'They make us sleep on the floor,' she said."

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https://apnews.com/article/mexico-heatwave-drought-protests-monkey-deaths-6310778f139ef786a8c70301fb340bd5#

#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #DontFightUsJoinUs #Protest #WaterIsLife

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