And while the Forestry Department continues its investigation, the Institute of Archeology has also been on the trails examining Maya mounds that got bulldozed. Chairman Alvarado updated us on this:
Nickoli Alvarado, Chairman - Boston Village
"NICH went back there earlier this week, and they encountered 2 or three of them that were hit and they came back and did more assessments back there but I was informed that the next time it happened I could reach out to NICH and they would actually could put a stop on it if forestry doesn't move in as fast because this is a sensitive area so they could put a stop on it and let them get an EIA and environmental impact assessment, they have to do that before they come and do any type of logging or development in the jungle out there."
"Where we are right now in this area here, you could walk around any of these jungles you'll find mounds, go across and road from here all the way to the sea where Rocky Point is, is all Mayan mounds. The amount of mounds that were mapped in this area here, I mean hundreds, right?"
"Hundreds, over 520 buildings were estimated to be at Altun Ha, where you only see 16 or 17 there, under these trees have all the rest. So anywhere where you come around here to log or to bull or to do whatever you're doing around here, you will find Mayan mounds."
"This is all part of the Mayan city of Altun Ha."
The Director of the Institute of Archaeology would only say their investigations are still in progress at this time.
