Mexican farmers raise alarm over Sheinbaum's fracking proposal

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Peasants in eastern Mexico have seen their orange and lemon trees die, a damage that they attribute to "fracking" to extract natural gas. Now, farmers and experts see with concern Claudia Sheinbaum’s government’s intention to deepen this practice. The President announced last week the creation of a committee of experts with the mission of analyzing techniques to exploit natural gas through the hydraulic fracture. With this measure, the left-wing…