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A boat is seen at the completely dry Zumpango lake in San Pedro de la Laguna, Mexico. — AFP

AGUSTIN Garcia looks with dismay at the dry bed of the lake where he once fished for a living – a symptom of the water problems facing Mexico and its capital, one of the world’s biggest cities.

“It was an oasis here, something beautiful, and now it’s dry,” the 55-year-old said by the sunbaked shore of Lake Zumpango to the north of Mexico City.

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