Overview
- The state government, which announced the recovery Saturday, said it will restore the property in Pachuca’s center and open a Museo de la Ciudad for public use.
- Officials argued that a loan-for-use deal signed on March 1, 2022, which let the foundation keep the site until 2042, was unjustified and harmful to the public interest.
- Leaders said this is not an eviction and promised a renovated, open museum that invites input from artists, scholars, and even members of the foundation.
- The Fundación Arturo Herrera Cabañas called the action an attempted eviction and said it filed an amparo, alleging due process was skipped and citing constitutional protections that require a prior court proceeding.
- Proceso reported visits by municipal and state inspectors over a coffee counter and an alleged lack of an operating license, while the foundation stressed its nonprofit status and the collections and programs it built over decades in the building.