Residents in northern Mexico protest over delays in cleaning up a mine spill

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Residents in Mexico’s northern state of Sonora protested Tuesday against what they said is the government’s continued failure to clean up an almost decade-old mine spill.

At a news conference held outside government offices in Hermosillo, the state capital, members of the local advocacy group the Sonora River Basin Committee described the situation as a health crisis that authorities continue to ignore.