Mexicali Resiste Activist VS. Constellation Brands: Activists demand WATER RIGHTS and FREEDOM
Since January 2017, Mexicali Resiste has opposed plans by Constellation Brands, a U.S. based alcohol corporation, to build a billion-dollar brewery that will use local water to make beer for American consumers in a region already experiencing severe water scarcity.
- Since January 2017, Mexicali Resiste has opposed plans by Constellation Brands, a U.S. based alcohol corporation, to build a billion-dollar brewery that will use local water to make beer for American consumers in a region already experiencing severe water scarcity.
- Constellation Brands is expected to consume 20 million cubic meters of water annually from the Valley of Mexicali.
- In 2017 Mexicali Resiste's advocacy efforts halted legislative efforts to privatize water in Baja California.
- However, the company still has not left Mexicali, and state's current Governor, Jaime Bonilla, former President of the Otay Water Board in San Diego, CA, supports efforts to allow Constellation Brands to continue operating in Mexicali.