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Mexico Evaluating Drought Emergency Declaration In Sonora

South of the border, just as in Arizona, much of Sonora is experiencing some level of drought.

State officials are asking federal counterparts to declare an emergency in response.

“It is being processed, it is being evaluated,” said Blanca Jiménez Cisneros, head of the national water commission.

But in response to a question from the Sonoran newspaper El Imparcial, she said that compensation to agricultural producers is not being considered. Such support is only for guaranteeing the human right to water, she said.

Over 70% of municipalities in the state are experiencing at least moderate drought, with nearly 30% in a severe or extreme drought, according to the most recent dataavailable from the federal water commission.

Murphy Woodhouse was a senior field correspondent at KJZZ from 2018 to 2023.