Families left without support after molasses spill

[UNVERIFIED CONTENT] ACATLAN DE JUAREZ, JALISCO, MEXICO - JULY 07: Some volunteers prepare food for the population affected by the spillage of molasses in the dam El Hurtado and left more than 500 tonnes of dead fish in Jalisco, Mexico. The mass death of thousands of fish in the dam El Hurtado, left without a livelihood to about 30 fishermen and 19 restaurant owners, as well as their families, so that most continue shops still closed due to the strong odor coming from the dam is a serious source of infection for visitors usually arrived, on Sunday July 7, 2013, in the municipality of Acatlan de Juarez, in the western state of Jalisco, Mexico. The economic impact of the spill molasses left the dam El Hurtado, and caused the death of at least 500 tons of fish (mainly tilapia, catfish and crappie) in the community of San Pedro Valencia in Acatlan de Juarez, home about 380 people, will also be reflected in the activity that encourages tourism and fishing in the area. According to environmental authorities at least 8,000 tonnes of molasses would have reached the dam El Hurtado, after traveling more than 12 kilometers through a flow, from the town of Tlajomulco de Zuniga to Acatlan de Juarez. Experts say environmental issues more than two million liters of water with the dam which currently can recover lost oxygen over a period longer than two years, so that this natural disaster is one of the biggest ecocide in Jalisco history. (Photo by Hugo Ortuño/Getty Images)