the civil registry and the vicarage, it had permission to carry out these types of procedures, that is why it was a very important place,” Dulce María Vázquez, director of the Municipal Archive of the city of Irapuato, told Spanish newspaper Milenio.
“Oral history tells us that it was very difficult for them to leave the place, not just because of the buildings, but because of the sense of belonging to the place,” she added. “A few resisted until they saw it was already a reality that the water would arrive and cover the entire town.”
With the lack of rain since the beginning of 2021 depleting Mexico’s dams to a capacity of below 50 per cent, now more than two-thirds of the country is in drought. This has prompted the chief of Mexico’s Nation Water Commission, Blanca Jiménez Cisneros, to launch water-saving measures across the country.
Despite being submerged for over four decades, reports claim that the Temple of the Virgin of Sorrows still remains in reasonably good condition that it attracts many visitors.
