Farmers took over an airport in Culiacán, Mexico to protest low prices — but the governor of Sinaloa state told them they should take over the warehouses of the giant company Cargill instead.
MEXICO CITY — Farmers took over over the airport in the northern Mexico city of Culiacan for to protest low prices for their corn and wheat crops.
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Thursday he won’t intervene in the dispute, which had prevented flights from taking off or landing since Tuesday. That may anger travelers in Sinaloa, but it did not have the effect that comments the Sinaloa governor had a day earlier.
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