The decree that few saw coming
This Tuesday, without much noise in the news of the day, a decree was published in the Official Gazette that is no small thing. The federation retains, for reasons of public utility, more than 51 thousand square meters of private land. Everything for the Mayan Train.
There are 21 properties, spread across Chiapas, Campeche, Tabasco, Yucatán and Quintana Roo. They are affected by sections 1 to 6 of the controversial project. The order is clear: immediate occupation.
“The Secretariat of Agrarian, Territorial and Urban Development proceeds to the immediate occupation of the assets subject to this expropriation,” indicates the document.
Here comes the part I always check twice. The payment. The text says that Tren Maya S.A. of C.V. You must cover compensation with your authorized budget. The amounts are set by the Institute of Administration and Appraisals of National Assets. It’s always good to know that there is a procedure, right?
The official justification
The legal foundation is anchored in the 100 commitments of Claudia Sheinbaum’s government and the National Development Plan. According to the publication, this train is key to the socioeconomic and tourist development of the southeast.
It promises to integrate productive chains, create employment, protect the environment and even function as a humanitarian corridor. A project with many labels.
Memory is fragile, but legal precedents on expropriations and public utility are long. Today we have to add these more than fifty thousand meters to that history.
