We Drank Gasoline: Contaminated Water From Benito Juárez Was Diesel

In April 2025—a month ago—when the scandal was one year old without answers, the CDMX government told me they didn’t know anything about the problem. Now, we know that Benito Juárez’s water was contaminated with diesel. Basically, for weeks in the spring of 2024, residents of the mayor’s office were cooking, bathing and drinking water with gasoline. Benito Juárez’s contaminated water was diesel. In a series of interviews, the CDMX authorities fi…