Mexican Road Blocked
United Press International
TEPIC, Mexico —
Dozens of small farmers blocked a highway leading to Guadalajara, the country’s second-largest city, to try to pressure the government to raise corn prices, officials said Friday. The farmers complain that the government corn price of $100 a ton is insufficient to meet production costs.
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