Massive Death of Fish in the Rivers Tonto and Papaloapan, Oaxaca-Veracruz, Generates Alert in the Community (Note by Roberto Polo in El Piñero)

Julio Astillero

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By: Roberto POLO El Piñero Tuxtepec, Oaxaca. – Uncountable bodies of fish lie dead on the banks of the rivers Tonto and Papaloapan, on the dividing line of the states of Oaxaca and Veracruz, without so far knowing the causes of this phenomenon that already concerns coastal communities and fishermen. Citizens who reside near these tributaries whose waters derive from the mountains of Zongolica, in Veracruz, and Juárez, in Oaxaca, have informed E…