It’s an unimaginable loss for Sonora, Mexico, which is world-famous for its high-quality cows, and where beef is not just a central part of the diet and economy but a tradition that binds families together.
In the parched hills of southern Sonora, Marco Antonio Gutierrez paced around a clearing, counting the dead.
Covering the issues, politics, culture and lifestyle of the Latino community in L.A., California and beyond. “Imagine the sadness — all the sacrifices of your grandparents and your parents for nothing,” said Aldama, the 56-year-old scion of a prosperous ranching family in the largely rural county of Cajeme.
There had been a couple of big storms in other parts of the state — enough to cause flooding in the border city of Nogales. Yet 97% of municipalities in Sonora remained officially in drought, and while sporadic rain here in the south had greened up the mesquite trees that dotted the landscape, it had not been enough to make grass grow.It wasn’t even noon yet, and the thermometer on Alcala’s truck read 104 degrees.
A fisherman tosses a net at Agua Caliente reservoir in Cajeme, Sonora. The drought has lowered the water level to below normal. Average rainfall has been decreasing for years. By the second half of this century, climate experts predict that Sonora will receive 20% to 30% less rain than today and regularly see temperatures as high as 122 degrees.
She grew up spending weekends at carne asadas eating flour tortillas stuffed with salsa, guacamole and thin cuts of charred beef. It’s a family ritual so beloved here that even Lutz still indulges in it. Alcala optimistically turned on his wipers. But a minute later, the rain stopped and he turned them off.Early the next morning, Gutierrez and his two friends crowded into a different pickup, this time to check on Aldama’s ranch.about three brothers on horseback setting off at dawn to a party on a ranch.As they turned off the highway onto Aldama’s property, Gutierrez exclaimed with delight.The storm they had driven through the day before had been more generous in this region.
He proudly appraised the half dozen calves, some just a few weeks old, that were competing with the ranch hand to get milk from their mother.
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