Cases / Water use · Mexico · 2022
Danone plant in Puebla occupied by people, then cleared by state forces
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Nature's voice · report
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Did nature suffer? Not measured.
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- The record does not name which of my species, waters, soils or forests were harmed.
A Danone plant in Puebla, Mexico, was occupied by people and cleared by the National Guard, El Universal reported in 2022. The case is a local conflict over a bottled-water plant.
What?
People occupied a Danone plant in Puebla, and state forces cleared it, El Universal reported. El Universal
Where?
Puebla, Mexico El Universal
When?
2022 El Universal
Who?
Gained
- Danone — regained control of its Puebla plant after the operation El Universal
Lost
None on recordHarmed
None on recordWhy?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
A National Guard operation, described as a forced eviction, cleared the plant. El Universal
6 of 6 questions answered from the record
What happened
The record, in order.
El Universal reported in 2022 that people had occupied a Danone plant in Puebla.
The report said the National Guard evicted the occupiers in an operation to recover the plant.
In court and with insurers
Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.
Lawsuits and rulings
No court case on record. No court has ruled on this case.
Insurers
No insurer decision on record.
What we don't know
Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.
Nature
- Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.
Record
- None on record Not stated in the sources reviewed: who the occupiers were, what they were protesting, or how the plant used water.
- None on record Not stated in the sources reviewed: whether the plant resumed operation, or whether any charges followed.
Did the harm stop?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who paid?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Sources
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Press and investigations
- Con operativo recuperan planta de agua Bonafont en PueblaEl Universal · 2022
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