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Mexico | Officials struggling to prevent illegal house construction in protected mangroves

The municipal government of Progreso, Yucatán, is seeking assistance from federal environmental authorities to halt illegal construction in protected mangrove swamps.


Some houses in Chicxulub Puerto, a community on the Gulf of Mexico eight kilometers east of Progreso, extend up to 50 meters into swamplands, according to municipal officials.


https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/illegal-construction-alleged-in-protected-mangrove-swamp/

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