A federal judge ordered the Federal Attorney for Environmental Protection (Profepa) to inspect a condominium in Tankah IV, a nesting area for sea turtles, which does not have federal environmental impact permits.
This is because the civil association Defending the Right to a Healthy Environment (Dmas) won a suspension within the indirect amparo trial 965/2024, of the Fifth District Court.
This is the Maiim condominium project, located south of Bahía Solimán in Tankah IV, which has a Profepa resolution issued last November that forces it to suspend work.
In addition, in another environmental resolution, issued by the Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources (Semarnat) for evaluation to obtain the change of land use issued last October, the promoter was denied federal permits to carry out the project, which began more than a year ago without consent.
In this context, Dmás, the same organization that filed the amparos against the Mayan Train a few years ago, promoted this new appeal against Profepa and its lack of interest in inspecting the aforementioned project.
“Accredit through the corresponding inspection diligence, that the third party interested here has abstained from continuing with the construction of the project and, otherwise, take immediate measures so that the corrective measure is complied with immediately,” reads the resolution of the indirect amparo trial.
These actions that the civil organization has undertaken in the area, deal with the fact that two individuals began the construction of condominiums in a coastal stretch of sea turtle nesting.
The site is located about 10 kilometers from the Xcacel Xcacelito sanctuary, a protected natural area under state jurisdiction.
“Within the term granted to submit a prior report on compliance with this suspension order (…) failure to do so will result in a fine equivalent to fifty times the amount of the unit of measurement and update, which amounts to five thousand four hundred twenty-eight pesos,” warns the head of Profepa in Quintana Roo.
Source: sipse
