Comment by ch4s3

Lake Texcoco was only partially drained by the Spanish. The big project to drain the lake was undertaken by President Porfirio Díaz in the early 1900s.

> Which is why Mexico City is now facing a severe water crisis

No it isn't. Mexico city has over extracted ground water for domestic and industrial use and is facing a drought, that's why they have a water crisis. It has nothing to do with the Spanish in the 17th century.

You're spouting a lot of a historical nonsense in this thread.