Laguna de Bacalar and a military work: a wounded village that managed to suspend the construction

Sources close to the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (Semarnat) and the Federal Office for the Protection of the Environment (Profepa) confirmed to Proceso that the work was stopped because they do not have the necessary permits.

Greenpeace Mexico has denounced that the work of the Maya Train that is carried out in the lagoon of Bacalar does not have the environmental permits, because the Secretariat of National Defense (Sedena) has not requested them, which would be threatening the ecosystem. “They have started (Sedena) a construction in the federal zone of the lagoon of Bacalar, without certainty that it has the necessary environmental authorizations,” said Greenpeace …