Mexico & USA: Mexican farmers asking US President to stop Constellation Brands building brewery in Mexicali

Mexican farmers are asking President Trump for help stopping a local brewery's new plant, News 10NBC reported on March 31.

Victor-based Constellation Brands is planning a $1.4 billion plant in Mexicali, Mexico. But, according to the Wall Street Journal, local farmers are afraid the plant would use too much water in an area with an already naturally low water table.

Dry conditions there have already forced formers to stop using thousands of acres of farmland.

"We haven't been able to do a second planting in years, but we're inviting in a company that's going to consume a ton of water," farmer Pablo Rangel tells the journal. "It doesn't make sense."

The farmers have protested the company, hoping President Trump will bring it back to the states.

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