Overview

• A June Profepa probe uncovered buried hazardous waste drums within the protected reserve, prompting criminal charges against three individuals.
• Real estate networks are illegally selling lots and using contaminated fill to advance development schemes in the 14,000-hectare area.
• Water has flooded sites like the Ciénega de San Juan and Laguna de Xalapango, restoring roughly 600 and 400 hectares respectively after seven diverted rivers returned.
• CONANP data show over 230,000 birds have returned and traditional spirulina algae has reappeared, signaling a robust wetland revival.
• Local activists maintain pressure for justice over human rights abuses during anti-airport protests and accountability for the NAIM project’s 10-billion-peso budget shortfall.