Cancun, QR. After announcing the provisional suspension of Section 5 South of the Mayan Train ordered by a federal judge, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador assured that they have not received any official notification in this regard and that the project will continue.
“There is no official notification yet. We don’t know what it is. Only what is already in the public domain, there is a campaign against the Mayan Train financed by international organizations and by Mexican businessmen for political purposes, not environmental ones, ”he stressed during his morning conference on Tuesday.
“It may be that there are people concerned about the environment, but in general they are people without convictions, without moral scruples of any kind, because how do they now worry about the environment? What was Calica doing? Nothing more than since it is a very powerful American company…”, she said.
Regarding the protection that was granted by a Yucatan judge, the president stated that “we are going to wait to see what they are now claiming and find a way to defend ourselves legally.”
However, he also answered “yes” to the express question about whether the train continues, regardless of whether they will wait for the judge’s final decision.
The same could be corroborated this same Tuesday, in which the continuation of the clearing of the jungle to the west of Playa del Carmen was widely disseminated on social networks.
It is worth mentioning that El Economista, announced on the night of Monday, April 18, that the first district court, based in Yucatan, granted the provisional suspension of the works of the Mayan Train in Section 5 south.
The protection was promoted by a group of speleologist divers, who reported that last Monday they were notified of the judge’s decision to stop the execution of works related to the construction, removal or destruction of the biodiversity of the land or any other activity that implies their material execution in the referred section.
The First District Court recognizes through its ruling that cavers have a legitimate interest in the matter and that the measure does not contravene public interest or order. It is also recognized that the project lacks an Environmental Impact Statement, as stated in a statement signed by the civil association Defending the Right to a Healthy Environment.
immediate background
It is not the first time that the works of the Mayan Train have been suspended. Just in March of this year, the Fourth District Court granted the definitive suspension of the Environmental Impact Statement of sections 1, 2 and 3 of the Maya Train, corresponding to amparo 89/2021.
Just a few days later, the Collegiate Court for Labor and Administrative Matters in Yucatan accepted having handed down two contradictory sentences on the same matter, for which it annulled that sentence.
If they had prospered, sections 1, 2 and 3 would not only have been left without environmental impact authorization, but also without permits to change the use of forest land in 800 hectares of forest along 635 kilometers, which cross 25 municipalities. from Chiapas, Campeche, Tabasco and Yucatan.
The appeal was promoted by residents of these four states, alleging damage to the environment and their right to live in a healthy environment.
“The suspension entails the cessation of all work derived from such authorization, which implies deforestation or putting at risk native animal and plant species” highlights the ruling.