Bacalar, Q.R. — A federal court has reversed the injunction filed against a military housing project on the Bacalar lagoon. The injunction, which mandated its permanent suspension, was overturned earlier this month.
The court determined that the civil association that filed the injunction, Defendiendo el Derecho a Vivir en un Ambiente Sano A.C. (Defending the Right to Live in a Healthy Environment), failed to demonstrate a legitimate interest in requesting the suspension, even though its stated purpose is environmental protection.
According to the approved report, the organization failed to demonstrate that it lived near the affected ecosystem or directly represented local residents.
Construction of the military housing project quickly resumed along the shore of the lagoon despite citizen and environmental legal complaints.
The military rest home is being built by the Secretariat of National Defense (Sedena).
On November 4, the First District Court also denied the definitive suspension that was being processed by 23 girls, boys and adolescents from Bacalar legally represented by the Federal Institute of Public Defense, that had been granted to them to also stop the Sedena project.
According to Marco Antonio Núñez Hernández, the commander of the Eleventh Naval Zone, “the current authorization supports the continuation of the project even though citizens have recently expressed their disagreement.”
He said Sedena has the necessary environmental impact permits to continue with the construction of the housing project.
He explained that the permits were reviewed and validated, allowing the Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional (Sedena) to proceed “because the project respects the applicable regulations and has supervision to avoid damage to the environment.”
The military construction project began in March 2025 and is reported to be a rest home for personnel with post-traumatic stress disorder.
