Overview
- The prohibition on selling live animals at the Venustiano Carranza market took effect January 1 under a judicial mandate.
- The August 14 ruling by the 20th Collegiate Administrative Tribunal ordered city authorities to apply the 2023 regulation that bars such sales.
- Officials say inspectors will monitor compliance and may issue fines, order closures, or revoke vendor rights for violations.
- Vendors were given a late‑December deadline to remove animals, and advocates reported most stalls were cleared before the cutoff.
- City and borough leaders announced economic assistance for business reconversion, while activists warn of possible clandestine sales and some sellers consider amparos.