Mexican farmers occupy Culiacan airport in protest against low crop prices

Farmers have taken over the airport within the northern Mexico metropolis of Culiacan to protest low costs for his or her corn and wheat crops.

Whereas the three-day blockade in Sinaloa state has caused the cancellation of dozens of flights, it has not drawn wider worldwide consideration to the farmer’s complaints.

However on Wednesday, Sinaloa Gov. Ruben Rocha appealed to the farmers to depart the airport and as a substitute take over the warehouses or places of work of the U.S. meals large Cargill. That drew a stern rebuke from a U.S. expatriate group in Mexico.

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador stated Thursday he will not intervene within the dispute, which has prevented flights from taking off or touchdown since Tuesday.

He accused huge farmers, with hundreds of acres, of benefiting from a subsidy system meant for small farmers, and stated political opponents have been behind the dispute.

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“We’re not going to present in,” López Obrador stated but additionally insisted authorities have been “not going to make use of power” to finish the airport takeover.

Which will anger vacationers in Sinaloa, nevertheless it didn’t have the impact that feedback the Sinaloa governor had a day earlier.

“I invite you to go along with me to protest in opposition to those that are actually accountable for low crop costs: Gruma, Cargil and Minsa,” Rocha wrote in his social media accounts.

Mexican farmers have taken over the airport, and the governor instructed them to take over personal grain warehouses as a substitute.  (Fox Information)

Gruma is a Mexican flour producer that’s a part of Grupo Maseca, and Minsa is a Mexican corn flour producer.

“As an alternative of taking on the airport, allow them to take over the warehouses of the massive industrial teams,” Rocha instructed native media. “I’ll go along with them.”

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That raised hackles amongst American companies in Mexico.

Larry Ruben, the top of the American Society in Mexico, an expat civic group, slammed the feedback, calling them “extremely irresponsible.”

“We demand the governor retract that, as a result of it clearly is (a) name to commit a legal act,” Ruben wrote Wednesday. “It’s inconceivable that an official of his rank would help illegality and crime.”

The Minneapolis, Minnesota-based Cargill didn’t rapid reply to an electronic mail request for remark.

López Obrador’s administration has itself drawn criticism previously for seizing property belonging to private and foreign companies.