A person looks over Lake Texcoco, in the State of Mexico, Mexico, August 25, 2017. A group of local residents are engaged in a land dispute over land on the shores of Lake Texcoco, (to the right of the photo) which they call ÒTlatelesÓ, or Òmountain of sand." The Mexican Federal Government wants to use the land as part of the Mexico City International Airport project. The new Mexico City International Airport (NAICM) is being constructed on the far side of Lake. Mexico's newly elected president Andreas Lopez Manuel Obrador cancelled this project in the fall of 2018, while it was in the middle


A person looks over Lake Texcoco, in the State of Mexico, Mexico, August 25, 2017. A group of local residents are engaged in a land dispute over land on the shores of Lake Texcoco, (to the right of the photo) which they call ÒTlatelesÓ, or Òmountain of sand." The Mexican Federal Government wants to use the land as part of the Mexico City International Airport project. The new Mexico City International Airport (NAICM) is being constructed on the far side of Lake. Mexico's newly elected president Andreas Lopez Manuel Obrador cancelled this project in the fall of 2018, while it was in the middle of construction. The airport was set to replace the aging Benito Juarez International Airport.


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