On Wednesday night, members of the Movimiento en Defensa del Agua de la Cuenca Libres–Oriental began a highway blockade in Veracruz in front of the animal feed factory Granjas Carroll, which is contaminating the local aquifer and creating an "environmental hell" in the region.
On Thursday at noon, state police, the National Guard, and deputized civilians arrived to clear the blockade. They killed at least two people and injured hundreds.
"Hundreds of people were beaten in the operation and an unknown number of campesinos are convalescing in their homes with gunshot wounds and some others in hospitals. According to the victims' testimonies, the residents were chased by the state police and plainclothes agents to their homes, where they were brutally attacked."
