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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Samuel McIlhagga

How brutal wildfires, violent rivalries and controversial reforestation are transforming rural Mexico

At 4am I wake in my hammock. I slip into a pair of work trousers and muddy boots and stand outside Don José’s house in the pitch black.

Within minutes, I’m picked up by a quad bike and we drive towards the village hall in Cinco de Febrero, a tiny hamlet in the south-east Mexican state of Campeche on the Yucatán peninsula, about two hours’ drive from the nearest city.

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