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The new site was free of the controversy of the current site and would, according to AMLO’s government, save the Mexican government billions of dollars. The motivation behind moving the site of the city’s new airport was both political and financial. The new Mexican president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, or AMLO, announced that the new site of Mexico City’s new international airport would be a small military installation known as Santa Lucia Air Force Base.

However, the announcement did not put an end to Mexico City’s airport fiasco. This was a popular move in the eyes of those living in Mexico City. However, in 2019, the new Mexican president halted construction and announced that Mexico City’s new international airport would not be built on the current site. The airport was extremely controversial and after over a decade of debate, protests, and even violence, construction began on what would become Mexico City’s next international airport. At the time, readers outside of Mexico were likely unaware that Mexico City was building a new airport a few miles to the east of the city’s current overcrowded airport. In 2017, I published a post covering Mexico City’s ambitious new airport.