Overview

• The Festival por la Vida y el Agua convened hundreds of residents, artists and activists in Hermosillo to commemorate the 11th anniversary of the 2014 toxic spill from the Buenavista del Cobre mine.
• Organizers unveiled a banner honoring three activists—Martha Patricia Velarde Ortega, Francisco Ramón Miranda and Norberto Bustamante—who died after advocating for the river’s restoration.
• The Comités de Cuenca del Río Sonora demanded that Grupo México and federal agencies implement Supreme Court orders for environmental remediation and health protections without burdensome causal proofs.
• Speakers underscored that heavy metal contamination persists in the Sonora and Bacanuchi rivers, leaving communities without reliable clean water or specialized medical monitoring.
• Workshops led by Conexión Climática warned that the planned Saguaro LNG project could pose new risks to Gulf of California marine ecosystems.