Sonora Mega-March for the PLHINO and Desalination

Between 10 and 15,000 people gathered March 5 in Ciudad Obregon, Sonora, Mexico, in a rally called by the Citizens Forum for Water in Sonora, to demand that the semi-arid northwestern state needs more water, and that great infrastructure projects such as the PLHINO and desalination of sea water are urgently required. The demo of farmers, students, a half dozen former mayors, regional political leaders, and others —and which included about 300 tractors belonging to area producers—strongly rejected Governor Guillermo Padres's attempt to divide the population by his plan to take water from the Novillo Dam, which is essential for Yaqui Valley farmers, and divert it to the water-starved city of Hermosillo, arguing that the state already has enough water, but it just has to "manage" it better. This is also the line broadcast nationally by Prince Philip's Nazi WWF and their Mexican allies.

The keynote speaker at the event was long-time LaRouche associate and leader of the Pro-PLHINO Committee, Alberto Vizcarra, who told the crowd that water is not a financial commodity, "but rather an indispensable input for life, progress, and the welfare of our people," and that projects such as the PLHINO and desalination are needed for Sonora, Mexico and the world.

Vizcarra said that among those who could be heard applauding this rally were Mexican nationalist figures such as General Alvaro Obregon, "and our dear Norman Borlaug." Borlaug, the architect of the Green Revolution, worked for decades both near Mexico City and in Sonora, where he is widely known and well-loved. In fact, the march first gathered at the corner of 200th Street and Norman Borlaug Boulevard, named after the American agronomist.

Vizcarra also told the crowd that simply by gathering "we have defeated a force which is greater than the power that the government of Guillermo Padres boasts of: we have defeated fear." He was referring to the fact that the Padres government—which stole the July 2009 elections with evident backing from forces deployed by London's Dope, Inc.—had circulated hundreds of thousands of leaflets calling for the rally, but on the wrong day and the wrong time; put out countless radio and TV spots urging people not to attend; and issued direct threats against the event's organizers.

On March 2, a leading member of the Pro-PLHINO Committe, Humberto Aispuro, along with two other leaders of the transportation workers union, were assassinated by hired hitmen. State law enforcement authorities have yet to establish the identities and motives of the assassins, and who sent them.

After months of demoralization and fear in the wake of the stealing of the election, and the rising tide of drug-related murder and terror, Sonora's population and political figures have begun to move again.