Farmer-turned-policeman is Mexico’s eyes and ears at Popocatepetl volcano
Farmer-turned-policeman is Mexico’s eyes and ears at Popocatepetl volcano

May 27, 2023

SANTIAGO XALITZINTLA, Mexico — When the Popocatepetl volcano reawakened in 1994, Mexican scientists needed people in the area who could be their eyes and ears. State police helped them find one, Nefi de Aquino, a farmer then in his 40s who lived beside the volcano. From that moment on, his life changed.

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