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Feds Say He Masterminded an Epic California Water Heist. Some Farmers Say He’s Their Robin Hood

/in , , /by /Los Angeles Timesby Jessica Garrison

Robert Zavala was fresh out of the Marines and looking to escape dead-end work at a poultry plant in the early 1990s when his old baseball coach — now the head of a local water district — swooped to the rescue with a job offer.

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Baja California Governor Accuses Big US Companies of Water Theft

/in , , /by /The San Diego Union Tribuneby Wendy Fry

An independent audit of Baja California’s water agency alleges that former employees of the utility colluded with international corporations to defraud the state out of at least $49.4 million, according to an auditor and the governor of the state.

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