Profepa shuts down seven properties across Campeche, Yucatán, and Quintana Roo after detecting over 2,600 hectares of illegal deforestation, mainly near Mennonite settlements.
Environmental authorities have shut down seven properties across the Yucatán Peninsula after uncovering extensive illegal deforestation linked to agroindustrial expansion. The Federal Attorney for Environmental Protection (Profepa) confirmed that 2,608.9 hectares of forest were illegally cleared in the states of Yucatán, Campeche, and Quintana Roo.
Between May 28 and June 14, Profepa inspectors conducted intensive surveillance and enforcement operations on forest lands . . .
