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Sheinbaum calls on Jalisco governor to explain use of tear gas at water protest
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Jalisco Governor Pablo Lemus should explain why authorities used tear gas and water to disperse a protest.
Residents were demanding action over contaminated water in the state of Jalisco.
Sheinbaum said Jalisco authorities should also provide the names of those detained, and said she opposes repression.
She also rejected Lemus’s proposed private financing for water services, saying it would amount to privatization.
She said state and federal authorities should work together and use shared public funds to address the contamination.
Sheinbaum also said former Jalisco governor Enrique Alfaro did not provide state funding for a pipeline linked to the El Zapotillo dam project.
A meeting between the governor’s team and Mexico’s National Water Commission was scheduled for that day.
President Claudia Sheinbaum said Jalisco Governor Pablo Lemus must explain the use of tear gas against people protesting contaminated water.
She said authorities should provide the names of those detained and said the federal government opposes repression.
Sheinbaum also opposed a private financing plan proposed by Lemus’s administration, saying it would privatize the water service.
She said the water contamination should be addressed jointly with public resources.
She also said funding was not provided for a pipeline linked to the El Zapotillo dam project.
- Who
- President Claudia Sheinbaum called on Jalisco Governor Pablo Lemus to explain the response to the protest.
- What
- Sheinbaum said authorities must explain the use of tear gas and identify people detained. She also opposed a private financing plan for the water service.
- When
- Sheinbaum made the comments on October 12, 2026.
- Where
- Jalisco, Mexico.
- Why
- People protested over contaminated water, and Sheinbaum said the issue needed to be addressed without repression or privatizing the service.
Claudia Sheinbaum
Pablo Lemus’s administration
Water-service financing
Claudia Sheinbaum
Sheinbaum opposed the private financing plan, saying it would privatize the service.
Pablo Lemus’s administration
Lemus’s administration proposed a private financing plan.
Citizens protested to demand a solution to the contaminated-water problem.
Sheinbaum said Lemus must explain the use of tear gas and provide the names of people detained.
Sheinbaum said part of Lemus’s team was meeting with the National Water Commission.
- President
- Claudia Sheinbaum
- Jalisco governor
- Pablo Lemus
- Protest issue
- Contaminated water
- Funding plan
- Sheinbaum said the proposed private financing would privatize the water service.
- Dam project
- El Zapotillo
- Meeting
- Part of Lemus’s team was due to meet with the National Water Commission.
What people are saying
The governor of Jalisco has to report on this matter, because it was a decision they made and the authorities of Jalisco have to report why they made this decision, and the people detained, and at the same time, give the names of all the people detained; we do not agree with repression.
What we do not agree with is supporting the privatization of the water service, and in any case, that we technically solve the problem of water contamination in Jalisco together with common resources, because it is a problem and it must be addressed.
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