Why Arizona’s attorney general is suing this Saudi-backed farming company

The lawsuit claims that agribusiness Fondomonte has been depleting an Arizona aquifer since 2014.

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes announced Wednesday she’s suing a Saudi Arabian agribusiness for allegedly violating a public nuisance law, contending that its groundwater pumping threatens the public health, safety and infrastructure of local communities in a rural western county.

The complaint filed in Maricopa County Superior Court alleges that the pumping at a Fondomonte Arizona, LLC.