Guadalajara water crisis protests demand health alert

Residents of several Guadalajara neighborhoods formed the civic campaign El SIAPA Que Queremos and filed a collective complaint with the state health risk protection agency (COPRISJAL). They called for a preventive sanitary alert and for clean water to be recognized as a human right. After a peaceful blockade of Avenida 8 de Julio, the demonstrators negotiated a dialogue table with officials to review six demands, including the creation of a permanent water‑quality monitoring body and the issuance of an official health alert. Protesters described foul‑smelling, contaminated tap water that they said caused kidney problems, dermatitis and other illnesses, with one participant stating, “El agua es un derecho humano.” The group plans another rally on 4 July and a meeting with authorities on 7 July at the Palacio de Gobierno.