Stop The Theft Of Our Water! Fighting Constellation Brands Brewery In Mexicali, Mexico

Costellation Brands based in New York has been illegally building a $1.5 billion brewery in Mexicali that will steal water from the Colorado river that is needed by agriculture and the people of Mexicali.

Corrupt Francisco Vega, the former PRI governor illegally allowed the plant to be built and took payoffs from Constellation Brands for the construction violating environmental and construction rules.

After mass protests, the Obradore government ordered a plebecite that was massively rejected despite the COVID-19 epidemic and payoffs by Constellation Brands to get a yes vote.

Constellation Brands has also appointed the former Mexico General Motors director Ernesto M. Hernández who was involved union busting and fighting independent unions at the Silao plant in Mexico. He was appointed to be in charge of the completion of this corrupt project in Mexicali.

Under the USMC, the company will have to be compensated for the shutdown of the brewery although the brazen corruption by the Vega and Constellation Brands executives has yet to be criminally prosecuted.

This interview was done on 3/29/20 by WorkWeek

Additional media:
Mexicans vote against plans for Corona beer to open massive $1.5billion brewery plant near the border amid confusion and fear it is connected to the coronavirus outbreak
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8144569/Mexico-border-referendum-cancels-massive-Corona-brewery.html?ito=social-twitter_mailonline&fbclid=IwAR3l7tHHA5RtN5uoRPQB_gmj3JAQgmtpyq1YS9sEsHJUKM2aazXorDuC54M

Boycott Modelo Beer!' Mexicali Resiste Fights for Water Rights
https://www.telesurenglish.net/analysis/Mexicali-Resiste-boycotts-Constellation-Brands-Grupo-Modelo-20180213-0009.html

Mexico protesters fear US-owned brewery will drain their land dry
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/04/mexico-water-brewery-mexicali-constellation-brands

Mexican city rejects plans for giant US-owned brewery amid water shortages
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/23/mexico-brewery-mexicali-constellation-brands

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