Mexico's Miracle Water
Witness History15 Tammi 2019

Mexico's Miracle Water

Thousands of people flocked to the village of Tlacote in central Mexico in 1991. They were hoping to be cured by 'magical' water after rumours spread that it had healing powers. Maria Elena Navas has been speaking to Edmundo Gonzalez Llaca who was an official in the local environment ministry in 1991 and who was sent to Tlacote to check out what all the fuss was about.

Photo: Hands under a stream of water (Getty Images)

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