Airport Site Ruled Out After Farmers’ Protests
In a surprise reversal, the administration of President Vicente Fox yielded to protests by machete-wielding farmers and radicals, and canceled plans to build a new international airport on the eastern outskirts of Mexico City.
The Communications and Transport Department announced that “the government has decided to cancel the expropriation orders” that would have forcibly purchased farmers’ land for the site. It said other sites would be considered.
Three weeks ago, farmers had clashed with police and seized more than a dozen hostages.
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