Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo — Mexico’s Federal Environmental Protection Agency (Profepa) must disclose inspection records for Section 5 of the Tren Maya project after a federal court dismissed the agency’s legal attempt to avoid transparency.
On April 30, magistrates of the Collegiate Labor and Administrative Court in Mérida rejected Profepa’s complaint against a lower court order requiring it to release requested information on mitigation measures at the Tren Maya construction site.
“This challenges the agreement in which the district judge required the agency to send records beyond those already provided with its justified report. We propose dismissing the complaint as it does not fall under any of the applicable legal categories,” said Magistrate Cruz Belén Martínez de los Santos, recommending the dismissal of Profepa’s appeal.
The other magistrates supported the proposal, ruling that the complaint lacked merit. The complaint, numbered 406/2025, was thus deemed unfounded.
The refusal to disclose information dates back to early 2025, during an amparo (constitutional protection) lawsuit filed by residents of Playa del Carmen under indirect amparo 1003/2022, which is being heard in Yucatán against the Tren Maya project and its environmental impacts.
The legal challenge was initiated four years ago, and a ruling from the federal judge of the First District Court is still pending. However, the case includes definitive suspension injunctions that require the federal government to halt all construction and carry out environmental mitigation activities.
According to the public case file, federal authorities named as defendants have filed multiple appeals to prolong the legal process and delay any ruling, a pattern seen in other cases.
To date, no amparo lawsuit has been listed for possible review by the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation, more than four years after various environmental activists sought constitutional protections.
