The Monreal family hoards water in Zacatecas while the population suffers from drought.

The Monreal family has accumulated concessions for exploiting 843,000 cubic meters (29,785,000 cubic feet) annually of water from the Aguanaval aquifer, an overexploited underground reservoir in Fresnillo, for decades. The beneficiaries, including Felipe Monreal Huerta, Governor David Monreal, Senator Saúl Monreal, and Deputies Cándido and Elías Monreal, obtained permits between 1999 and 2020 for agricultural and other uses, ignoring water care regulations in a region facing a severe shortage. This behavior demonstrates the consolidation of a family fiefdom in Zacatecas and a blatant contradiction with the "austerity" rhetoric that Morena uses to deceive the electorate.

Privileged water in a thirsty Zacatecas

Aguanavaldeficit of 89 million m³ (3,142,000,000 cubic feet) per yearextracting water without restrictionsDavid MonrealSaúl Monrealmaintain their concessionsurbanrural populationconstant water cutsagricultural sector faces economic crisespublic policiesessential resources

Companies, ranches, and unchecked nepotism

Monreal clan'swatertop-level ranches and companiesCándido Monrealseized by Sedena in 2009 after marijuana was foundNepotismpartisan protectionSaúl Monrealgovernorship of ZacatecasMorena

Simulated austerity, real privileges

Morenapatrimonial use of the State droughtsMonreal's privileged marketMorena's anti-corruption rhetoricthe rules cease to apply

Environmental and political risk for Mexico

waterMonrealFresnillodangerous precedentsnatural resourcesPolitical familiesMexican Statetolerate the corruptionausterityMonreal clanMorena'sausteritywater concessions in a state dying of thirstaffront to public servicethis case will be only the beginning of an extended schemeMorena elitesStatedynasties of privilege and nepotismMexicoit is also running out of legitimate authority to represent it