Demonstrators marched through Mexico City on Thursday to protest a $15.7-billion airport project that threatens a decades-old effort to restore the lakes that originally covered the valley in which the capital and nearby cities are located.
Carrying banners reading “The earth is not for sale!” a couple of hundred demonstrators followed Ignacio del Valle, a leader from the town of Atenco who has fought plans for a new airport east of the capital since 2001.
“This is the murder of the environment, because the environmental impact has not been measured or recognized,” said Del Valle.
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