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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Mexican officials admit secrecy-shrouded border train project had no environmental impact study

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The governor of Mexico’s northern state of Sonora acknowledged Tuesday that a secrecy-shrouded train project was an army undertaking that has not yet submitted any environmental impact statement, months after construction had already started.

The rail link between the port of Guaymas and the border city of Nogales threatens to cut through and damage environmentally-sensitive conservation lands.

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