Mexican farmers and truckers block roads in protest over water law, prices and security

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Farmers and truckers in Mexico staged nationwide protests on Monday (Nov 24) , blocking highways and the Zaragoza–Ysleta bridge to El Paso, Texas, USA, in at least 25 states.   They are demanding safer roads, fair grain prices, and the withdrawal of a proposed water law that could give federal authorities greater control over water rights, threatening agricultural output.   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:01Mexican farmers and truckers staged nationwide protests on Monday,

00:05blocking major highways and the Zaragoza Isleta Bridge to El Paso, Texas, USA,

00:11in at least 25 states.

00:13They are demanding safer highways, fair grain prices,

00:16and the withdrawal of a proposed water law, they say,

00:19would restrict access to wells and irrigation in drought-prone regions.

00:24The reason why we are here is because they want to force a law

00:32that doesn't benefit us in absolutely nothing.

00:34What happens is that the new law that they call it,

00:39is that it leaves in defense 100%.

00:43The land without water doesn't serve absolutely for nothing.

00:46We are forced to carry out a stronger struggle

00:51to force the Mexican government, first, to recognize

00:55that there is a structural problem

00:57in the production and distribution of the food,

01:01and, on the other hand,

01:03that they see the need to rectify the public policy

01:08to organize the productivity, the production,

01:12but also to organize the distribution of the food.

01:16Protesters warned that the proposed law

01:18would give federal authorities greater control over water rights,

01:21threatening agricultural output.

01:23They vowed to maintain pressure until the government reviews the bill,

01:27ensures fair compensation,

01:29and improves highway security amid rising violence against transporters.

01:33the open source of food.

01:34The first thing that was used to be

01:35the proposed law

01:52is that the government reviews the sage-political

01:53and the local government reviews for a requirement.

01:56They say it was the hardest thing.

01:58The government reviews the idea of the adoption

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