Mr Wilberth Esquivel Zanoguera, owner and operator of the YouTube channel Wil Cancún MX, describes himself as “an engineer who creates content.”
On Monday, April 6, 2026, Esquivel Zanoguera posted a video on his channel showing subsidence in the bridges of the Maya Train, which are still under construction.
The video shows workers covering the shoring with black tarpaulins at certain points of the project where the piles are visibly sinking. This situation was previously reported in local media on Friday, March 27.
The sinking of the viaduct underscores the challenges of building on geologically fragile terrain. As investigations continue, the government faces mounting pressure to balance speed, safety, and environmental responsibility in a Tren Maya project that, for many specialists, is a tragedy waiting to happen.
The soil type of the Yucatán Peninsula, and especially the state of Quintana Roo, is known as karst, a geological landscape formed by the chemical dissolution of soluble rocks, primarily limestone, dolomite, or gypsum. Rainwater, slightly acidic, has dissolved the rock over millennia, creating unique landforms such as caves, sinkholes, caverns, cenotes, and underground rivers.
This is why experts from Mexico and other parts of the world wanted to make then-President Andrés Manuel López Obrador understand that building a railway on this type of soil is not feasible, as it can be very dangerous due to its fragility and instability.
But the president not only ignored these warnings, but also ordered the construction of thousands of piles anchored to the subsoil penetrating cenotes and underwater cavities, causing an environmental catastrophe by irreversibly contaminating the region’s aquifers.
Wilberth Esquivel stated the following when he posted his video on YouTube:
“It’s no longer just an engineering observation; the predicted catastrophe is beginning. Piles are already sinking in Section 5 South of the Maya Train, and it was to be expected. Corruption, poor quality, haste, lack of soil mechanics studies, and a nonexistent project plan were all subjected to subservience and servility before the folly of a fool with temporary power.
We have inherited a tragedy, not only a train that travels empty and unused, but also a potential danger, especially now that ignorant ideas are emerging to convert it into a freight train.”
And at the end of the video, which has already reached 3,800 views, engineer Wilberth Esquivel concludes with a stark statement: “The only good thing about the day a tragedy occurs is that there will be few deaths, since the train always travels empty.”
Source: Azteca Noticias
