Mexico City.- Residents and representatives of the TC-Energy company, who met this Tuesday at the Ministry of the Interior (Segob), did not reach an agreement on the compensation price for a gas pipeline that crosses the communal lands of the community of Témoris, in Chihuahua .
After the closure of the natural gas pipeline last week, the dissatisfied met at 8:00 a.m. this Tuesday with members of the Canadian company, as well as officials from Segob, CFE, and also members of the Agrarian Court. .
After just over three hours, the ejidatarios insisted on requesting 60 million dollars (1.1 billion dollars) in compensation for the pipeline that only passes through 200 meters of their land, in the Municipality of Guazapares, out of the 572 kilometers of length of the construction, from the north of the entity to the coast of Sinaloa.
In contrast, the TC-Energy company determined that it was only willing, for now, to offer 44 million pesos to the little more than 200 ejidatarios who closed the pipeline valve in their area, in the Sierra Tarahumara, for seven days.
“The community proposes a consideration for the easement of sixty million dollars for thirty years. The company offers twenty million pesos for the rights of the right of way, for thirty years, plus twenty million pesos for social work,” it was established. at the dialogue table.
It was agreed that the next meeting at the facilities of Colonia Juárez, in the country’s capital, will be held in approximately one month.
Meanwhile, the National Assets Administration and Appraisal Institute (INDAABIN) will carry out an appraisal of the area affected by the pipeline.
Likewise, Segob requested that the supply of natural gas that runs from El Encino (Municipality of Riva Palacio, Chihuahua) to Topolobampo, in Ahome, Sinaloa, where the main client is the CFE thermoelectric plant, not be affected.
Also, the parties agreed to restart conciliation with a new agrarian hearing, which would have to be held before May 11.
The dialogue table was attended by at least 17 people, including:
Segob
-Héctor Aguilera, state representative of Segob in Chihuahua
-Miguel Ángel Chico Herrera, institutional planning follow-up coordinator
-Crescencio Jiménez, Head of the Justice System Support Unit
Temoris settlers
Martin Contreras, lawyer
Martin Millanes, lawyer
Eucario Valenzuela, president of the Commissariat of Communal Goods
José Filemón Cervantes, treasurer of the community property commissioner
TC-Energy
-Leonardo Robles, Vice President of Business Development and Commercial Management
-Mary Jose Arguero, legal manager of lands
-Ana Gabriela Olmeda de Alejandro, legal director
-Benjamín Pérez, legal advisor
CFE
-Axel Rodríguez Batres, CFE Energy
-Joseph Antonio Breton Betanzos, CFE Energy
agrarian authorities
-Luis Rafael Hernández, Agrarian Attorney
-Maribel Concepción Méndez de Lara, president of the Superior Agrarian Court
-Rafael Gómez Medina, Magistrate of the Unitary Agrarian Court, District 5
The gas pipeline in question, which cost 1.1 billion dollars to build and is 75 centimeters in diameter and 572 kilometers long, was inaugurated in December 2018.
