Mexico-Puebla Federal Highway reopening in San Pedro Cholula, Digi Mart USA News (San Pedro Cholula, Puebla, Mexico): San Pedro Cholula Mayor Tonantzin Fernández Díaz confirmed that the Mexico-Puebla Federal Highway, closed for five days, was fully reopened to traffic on Monday afternoon, November 9. The closure, near Calzada Guadalupe, was carried out by Original Peoples beginning Wednesday, November 4.
The protesters demanded that state and municipal authorities address three key points in their list of demands: the removal of machinery located inside the Calpan Sanitary Landfill, the filling of a sinkhole, and the cleanup of leachate. They argued that these conditions were contaminating the region’s aquifers.
Fernández said the demands had been met in full. Under agreements reached among representatives of the Original Peoples and state and municipal officials, machinery was removed from the landfill on Monday afternoon using administration transport.
She stated that the equipment was being dismantled and leaving the site.
She thanked Puebla Governor Alejandro Armenta Mier and Secretary of Government Samuel Aguilar Pala for their support and willingness to find solutions. Fernández said authorities will continue working in a coordinated manner, through dialogue and responsibility, to reach agreements that benefit everyone.
Following these developments, the Original Peoples dismantled the encampment they had set up on the highway, which had blocked vehicle passage.
