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US Corporations Pump Aquifers Dry as Police Kill Water Defenders in Rural Mexico
Farmers are risking their lives to fight back against the US-owned factory farms that are destroying Mexico’s water.
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US Corporations Pump Aquifers Dry as Police Kill Water Defenders in Rural Mexico
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