Mexico City. – By decree, with evictions and with the argument of “national security”, the federal government has annexed more than 2 thousand hectares of land, real estate or private parcels for the construction of the Maya train.
4T has resorted to 27 decrees and “public utility announcements” to pave its way. Of these, 14 were evictions to take a total of 653 hectares and another 13 “proclamations” were issued to take away 1,385 hectares for a total of 2,038 hectares transferred to the railway project.
Most of these private properties, already authorized for the Maya Train, are located in Quintana Roo and Campeche, one of the priority projects of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
So far, the federal government has reserved the amount paid for possession of more than 2,000 hectares of land.
Added to the eviction for the Mayan train was the president’s order last Friday to take the Ferrosur track, which crosses the isthmus of Tehuantepec.
“We must take about 500 evictions done in government, because it is a process established by law. Sometimes, most of the time, they are evictions arranged with the people allegedly affected, because that is how the process Speeds up and they are paid, when the work is going to be done, the valuation is established.”
publication of decrees
Only on May 18, the Ministry of the Interior published a decree presupposing the construction and operation of the Maya train, the interoceanic corridor of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, as well as the airports (of Palenque, Chetumal and Tulum). Security work national and public interest.
In his decrees, the Secretary of Agriculture, Territorial and Urban Development (Sedatu) warned, “The acquisition includes the constructions and facilities that are found in real estate and that are part of them.”
The first decree for the Maya train was reported on January 17, 2022, when 4T announced 198 properties of public utility in the municipalities of Benito Juárez, Solidaridad and Puerto Morelos in the state of Quintana Roo.
The last decree was issued on 15 May, annexing an area of ​​8,118 square meters to two privately owned buildings owned by Othon P. Blanco is located in the municipality of Quintana Roo.
“The Mayan Train is a project that aims to increase the economic benefits of tourism in the Yucatan Peninsula, create jobs, promote sustainable development, protect the environment in the region by discouraging activities such as illegal logging and wildlife trafficking, and restore regional order.” To promote. Area”, establish the decree.
It will have a route of 1,525 kilometers through Chiapas, Tabasco, Campeche, Yucatan and Quintana Roo.
