For Immediate Release,
May 5, 2021
Contact:
Angélica Simón, Greenpeace Mexico, +52 (555) 534-3544, angelica.simon@greenpeace.org
Nydia Gutierrez, Earthjustice, (202) 302-7531, ngutierrez@earthjustice.org (for English)
Robert Valencia, Earthjustice, (305) 457-7938, rvalencia@earthjustie.org (for Spanish)
Kelly Hunter Foster, Waterkeeper Alliance, (212) 747-0622 ext. 160, kfoster@waterkeeper.orgkfoster@waterkeeper.org (for English)
Public Health Experts, Conservationists Ask Mexico’s Highest Court to Uphold Suspension of 49,000-Hog Industrial Animal Operation in Yucatán Peninsula
Efforts Support Constitutional Claims Raised by Mayan Children
MEXICO CITY,
Mexico— Conservation groups, scientists, doctors and public-health experts filed a legal brief with Mexico’s Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation today supporting constitutional claims raised by Mayan children who oppose approval and operation of an industrial animal operation in the Yucatán Peninsula.