Acid spill in river to keep 88 Mexico schools closed

[Judi Lynn]

Acid spill in river to keep 88 Mexico schools closed
The Associated Press
Published Sunday, August 17, 2014 8:12PM EDT

MEXICO CITY -- Eighty-eight schools in a northern Mexico state will not open Monday along with the rest of the country because of the danger of water contaminated by the spill of 40,000 cubic meters of acids from a copper mine into two rivers this month.

Sonora state civil protection director Carlos Arias said Sunday that the schools in the seven municipalities most affected by the Aug. 6 spill may be able to open in a week, once officials ensure safe drinking water for students.

Officials have distributed more than 4 million litres of drinking water over the past week using tanker trucks, reaching 80 per cent to 90 per cent of people in the area. Arias said they had not yet reached people who live in isolated communities.

http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/acid-spill-in-river-to-keep-88-mexico-schools-closed-1.1963851#ixzz3AiBR4J4L

(Short article, no more at link.)

The names of those responsible for this should be published, not protected.

[AZCat]

1. There is reportedly a protest at the copper mine today.

I have not seen any articles yet, but expect some media coverage later in the day.

As a sidebar, I am confused by the last line in your post. Are you looking for the name of the company or the individuals responsible? We know the first - the company issued a press release (available here). The second is a little more difficult. Likely someone will be blamed, but it may not be the actual responsible party.

[AZCat]

2. Protests started at the mine yesterday and may continue through Sunday.

The gates to the mine have been blocked. I have seen a couple of photos but no news coverage (at least in English) yet.