A bucket containing water contaminated with hydrocarbons due to fracking conducted just meters from their community in San Andres, in Papantla, state of Veracruz on April 11, 2026. The Mexican government plans to extract natural gas using hydraulic fracturing, a method that has been criticized by environmental organizations, in order to reduce its dependence on imports from the United States, according to a plan presented by President Claudia Sheinbaum on April 9, 2026. (Photo by Marco Antonio MARTINEZ / AFP via Getty Images)