Overview
- President Claudia Sheinbaum visited the Parque Ecológico Lago de Texcoco with State of Mexico Governor Delfina Gómez and promoted the site in a social media video on December 28.
- New registrations will open in January 2026 for sports and recreational activities, including baseball, soccer, American football and gym use at the park.
- Sheinbaum called the canceled airport project inviable and said the park benefits residents in eastern State of Mexico and Mexico City.
- The Texcoco area was decreed a federal protected natural area in March 2022, covering roughly 14,000 hectares.
- SEMARNAT leads a hydrological recovery program for the lake and wetlands, and in 2025 UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme designated Texcoco as Mexico’s first Ecohydrology Demonstration Site.