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Mexico to temporarily occupy private land for Yucatan train project

FILE PHOTO: Activists and locals march as they protest at one of the construction sections of the Mayan train due to the environmental impact and the destruction of the jungle caused by the project, in Playa del Carmen, Mexico April 23, 2022. REUTERS/Raquel Cunha

Mexico will temporarily occupy private land in the eastern state of Quintana Roo order to complete a rail project that is one of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's top priorities, the government said in a weekend decree.

The decree states the government will take possession of 165,250 square meters (1.8 million square feet) in the municipalities of and Tulum in the Yucatan Peninsula in order to build infrastructure for the so-called Mayan Train project.

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