In Mexico City, a Black Market for Life's Most Basic Commodity
In Mexico City, a Black Market for Life's Most Basic Commodity
By
Benjamin Russell
Scarcity is fueling an underground water market – and even theft – in the metropolis.
This article is adapted from AQ's latest issue on the politics of water in Latin America | Leer en español
MEXICO CITY — Delivering water in Iztapalapa for the past 13 years has put Jesús Martínez on the wrong end of a gun barrel more than once.
Sometimes when the taps run dry in this hardscrabble borough at the heart of Mexico City’s water crisis, desperate residents — or thieves on the make — ...
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