MÉRIDA, Yucatán.— Through a statement, the Stadium Government announced that the Fourth District Courtessolved deny definitive suspension requested within the protection trial promoted against Yucatan State Government and the Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources (Semarnat), so the works carried out by the state government They will be able to continue their course legally.
The statement adds that the judge deferred the hearing in which it will be determined whether or not the definitive suspension is appropriate regarding the acts attributed to the Administration of the National Port System (Asipona) of Progreso, which will take place today, Friday, October 24.
“It is important to specify that the executor of the works is the Government of the State of Yucatán, and that the resolution that denies the definitive suspension is firm both in the first and second instance, having been declared without matter by a collegiate court,” the statement concludes.
Federal court grants provisional suspension due to amparo trial
This Friday, the Diary published an article in which it was announced that, a Federal Collegiate Court ordered the Immediate suspension of dredging and filling of more than 80 hectares in it Progreso high portafter granting a provisional suspension within the amparo trial 1919/2025.
The appeal was promoted by activists who denounced impacts on the marine ecosystem and the lack of environmental studies.
The article states that lawyers Juan Andrés Medina Rejón y José Alfredo Uicab Pantilegal representatives of the amparo, pointed out that the dredging and expansion of the port were started without having the corresponding permitsnor with the necessary environmental impact studies, such as the Environmental Impact Statement (MIA), bathymetric and morphological studies of the seabed.
“The measure granted is a key step to protect the sea, coastal fishing and the rights of coastal communities. Dredging cannot continue without environmental guarantees or public consultation,” said lawyer Medina Rejón.
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