The Peace Brigades International-Mexico Project has posted on social media:
“We issue an appeal and express our concern regarding the situation faced by the Choluteca peoples of Puebla, who continue to defend their water, land, and territory. To this end, they have been maintaining an indefinite protest encampment since November 4, denouncing the expansion of a landfill and the failure to honor previously reached agreements concerning the Calpan landfill.
PBI Mexico has been accompanying this struggle for water and land for several years, and we recognize the impact it has on these communities.”
On November 5, 2026, Diario Cambio reported: “The blockade led by Indigenous peoples of Cholula continues, with protesters demanding compliance with the agreements reached to close the intermunicipal landfill. The protest has now lasted 22 hours and is keeping the road closed in the municipality of Choluteca.”
Update
This hour, A Tiempo Noticia reports: “After several days of road closures due to the conflict over the Cholula landfill, authorities and protesters reached an agreement to reopen the road. The dialogue helped move toward restoring traffic flow.”
El Heraldo de Puebla also reports: “The State Government agreed on joint actions to restore the environmental damage related to the operation of the San Pedro Cholula landfill, including the filling of the sinkhole, the cleaning of leachate and the dismantling and removal of machinery from the site.”
Accompaniment
Peace Brigades International has accompanied the Peoples’ Front in Defence of Land and Water – Morelos, Puebla and Tlaxcala since February 2020.
Residents had previously maintained a permanent blockade at the entrance of the landfill since March 21, 2024. PBI-Mexico accompanied the Peoples’ Front highway blockade on that day two years ago.
PBI-Canada visited that encampment in San Pedro Cholula on February 21, 2026.
Further reading: PBI-Mexico shares news of win by Peoples’ Front in Defence of Land and Water in struggle against landfill in San Pedro Cholula, Puebla (PBI-Canada, May 3, 2026).
