Overview
- The Procuraduría Federal de Protección al Ambiente imposed a total, definitive shutdown of Pecuaria Peninsular in Santa María Chi, Mérida.
- The agency cited repeated failure to meet seven corrective measures, including direct wastewater discharge without a permit and omission in sludge characterization.
- Officials said the company must produce an environmental damage study, with oversight of dismantling and proper site abandonment, though timelines have not been specified.
- Residents and civil organizations pressed the case since 2021, with the Santa María Chi community filing more than four federal amparos and staging protests.
- State officials have discussed relocating the herd, a step community leaders warn could shift contamination risks near the Cuxtal Ecological Reserve, while related legal inquiries continue.