The drought currently ravaging Mexico is a recurring phenomenon that leaves a trail of damage and destruction in its wake every time it strikes. At the moment 84% of the country is suffering drought conditions of differing intensity, aggravated by a lack of rain in recent months, according to Monitor, the surveying service of the National Water Commission (Conagua). Despite the fact it had been predicted, and that the evolution of the climatic history of Mexico tends toward drought conditions, the current dry spell caught Ermenegildo MartÃnez by surprise. âIt was 13 meters deep and now thereâs hardly 10 centimeters left. In less than a week it will all have gone,â says the fisherman of the lake where he plies his trade in Veracruz.