Indians starve as Mexico aid lags

Richmond Times-Dispatch Sunday 5th February, 2012

GUACHOCHI, Mexico -- It's been months since Maria Luisa Gonzalez and her husband have been able to harvest anything from their drought-parched land or catch fish in a lake that's become little more than a muddy puddle.Like other Tarahumara Indians suffering from severe drought in Mexico's vast northern canyons, Gonzalez said she had yet to receive ...

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