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Yucatán Las Dunas development protests

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In late July 2026, residents of the coastal community of Chuburná and the environmental group Salvemos las Dunas began confronting confronted the Las Dunas tourism project after heavy equipment started began clearing the area’s protective sand dunes. The activists Activists argued that the dunes safeguard shield the shoreline from hurricanes, erosion, erosion and support local biodiversity, and they called on urged the state government to ask Mexico’s federal environmental agencies (Semarnat and Profepa) to verify the project’s permits and halt the work. A few days later, the The movement expanded grew with a march in Mérida, amplifying accusations that the development – led by accusing developer Designia Desarrollos and owned by owner Víctor Manuel Abraham Palomo – benefitted of benefiting from a corruption network involving state and state, municipal officials and federal regulators. In response, officials. Profepa placed responded by placing closure seals on the construction site, site on 29 July, suspending work construction while an investigation was opened under federal case numbers. The agency’s action followed an earlier 2023 rejection (file PFPA/YUC/092/IA/2026, ExpPFPA/3712/354/0080‑26) proceeds. On 31 July, the political party Movimiento Ciudadano filed a popular complaint demanding a permanent suspension, citing threats to 271 species—including the endangered hawksbill turtle—and alleged violations of the project by Semarnat, which had later been reversed after plan modifications. Mexican Constitution, the Escazú Agreement and other environmental statutes. The situation case remains under investigation, with activists demanding continuing to call for a comprehensive review of permits and protection of the dune ecosystem.

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