Mexico, Guatemala and Belize to create tri-national nature reserve to protect Mayan jungle

GUATEMALA CITY — The leaders of Mexico, Guatemala and Belize announced on Friday that they were creating a tri-national nature reserve to protect the Mayan rain forest following a meeting during which they also discussed expanding a Mexican train line criticized for slicing through jungle habitat.

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The leaders of Mexico, Guatemala and Belize say they will create a tri-national nature reserve to protect the Mayan rain forest

The announcement came the same day they discussed expanding a Mexican train line criticized for slicing through jungle habitat

The reserve would stretch across jungled stretches of southern Mexico and northern parts of the two Central American nations, encompassing more than 14 million acres

Sheinbaum called the move "historic" and that it woul