En julio de 2021 ambientalistas del Estado de Querétaro denunciaron el amedrentamiento y agresiones a familias propietarias del ejido Cerro Prieto, ubicado al norte del municipio de El Marqués [1]. La solicitud de los ejidatarios de intervención de las autoridades había iniciado dos años atrás [2]. |
Despojo de tierras ejidales para un desarrollo inmobiliario en el municipio de El Marqués, Querétaro
Description:
Basic Data
| Name of conflict: | Despojo por posesión ilegal de tierras en Cerro Prieto, Querétaro, Mexico |
| Country: | Mexico |
| State or province: | Querétaro |
| Location of conflict: | El Marqués |
| Accuracy of location | HIGH (Local level) |
Source of Conflict
| Type of conflict. 1st level: | Infrastructure and Built Environment |
| Type of conflict. 2nd level: | Urban development conflicts Land acquisition conflicts |
| Specific commodities: | Land Water Biological resources |
Project Details and Actors
| Project details | Desarrollo inmobiliario previsto en el predio de Cerro Prieto a cargo del grupo inmobiliario Vialli [8]. |
| Project area: | 2200 hectáreas |
| Type of population | Rural |
| Affected Population: | 763 habitantes |
| Company names or state enterprises: | Grupo Inmobiliario Vialli from Mexico |
| Relevant government actors: | Dirección de obras públicas del Municipio del Marqués. Presidente Municipal Enrique Vega Carriles. Ejercito Mexicano y Guardia Nacional |
| Environmental justice organizations (and other supporters) and their websites, if available: | Ambientalistas del Centro de Querétaro Ejidatarios de Cerro Prieto Bajo Tierra Museo del Agua |
Conflict & Mobilization
| Intensity | HIGH (widespread, mass mobilization, violence, arrests, etc...) |
| Reaction stage | In REACTION to the implementation (during construction or operation) |
| Groups mobilizing: | Landless peasants Neighbours/citizens/communities |
| Forms of mobilization: | Lawsuits, court cases, judicial activism Official complaint letters and petitions |
Impacts
| Environmental Impacts | Potential: Biodiversity loss (wildlife, agro-diversity), Food insecurity (crop damage), Loss of landscape/aesthetic degradation, Soil erosion, Waste overflow, Deforestation and loss of vegetation cover |
| Health Impacts | Visible: Other environmental related diseases Potential: Violence related health impacts (homicides, rape, etc..) |
| Socio-economical Impacts | Visible: Loss of landscape/sense of place, Increase in violence and crime, Militarization and increased police presence, Land dispossession Potential: Displacement, Loss of livelihood, Violations of human rights, Increase in Corruption/Co-optation of different actors |
Outcome
| Project Status | Under construction |
| Conflict outcome / response: | Corruption Migration/displacement Repression |
| Do you consider this an environmental justice success? Was environmental justice served?: | No |
Sources & Materials
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Meta information
| Contributor: | Jimena Gutiérrez [email protected] |
| Last update | 10/08/2022 |
| Conflict ID: | 6095 |
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