Overview
- State officials paused rock placement and pulled police from Playa Las Cocinas after protests and the detention and later release of three activists.
- Federal and state agencies set up dialogue tables with residents and the developer, with Semarnat and Profepa leading on-site verification.
- Locals say heavy machinery built a rock barrier close to the sea that harms turtle nesting areas and changes the natural coastline, and they allege missing environmental and building permits.
- The governor pledged that beach access remains free to the public and said the project must follow the law, while reporting that construction continues farther than 20 meters from the waterline.
- The checks focus on the Zona Federal Marítimo Terrestre, a federally controlled strip of shoreline where access is public by law, a review that could reshape how coastal projects proceed in Nayarit.