Overview
- The archaeological community made public two letters and a formal pronouncement on Monday that demand greater budget transparency, elimination of the Institutional Project System (SIP) and the end of hiring researchers as temporary service providers.
- Signatories explicitly call for the immediate removal and reconstitution of the 12‑member Council of Archaeology, accusing its president and members of exceeding advisory powers and of covering up decisions that harm heritage.
- Researchers and staff report precarious hiring terms that include months of unpaid work, demands for personal bonds and multiple contractor quotes, no social security or vacations and delayed payments that undermine basic livelihoods.
- Senior figures including Eduardo Matos Moctezuma and Bolfy Cottom warned of physical risks to sites such as Teotihuacan and said infrastructure projects like the Tren Maya are creating environmental, community and archaeological pressures.
- Speakers stressed that any revision of the 1972 Federal Law on Monuments must follow broad technical debate because rushed legal changes could weaken protections and worsen the long decline in institutional support since 2017–18.