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Ecatepec opens its fifth NIDO Community, transforming Venta de Carpio’s streets and security

From El Universal · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Ecatepec inaugurated its fifth NIDO Community in Venta de Carpio after improving 78 facades, adding 15 large murals and installing 150 lights.
  • The project also repaired roads, addressed flooding at the main entrance and removed 157 tons of garbage and rubble.
  • Residents said the changes had made the neighborhood safer, especially at night.

Venta de Carpio has become Ecatepec’s fifth NIDO Community, following a broad makeover aimed at improving the neighborhood’s appearance, infrastructure and sense of security.

You no longer go out afraid that something might happen

· Diana Salas ArroyoA Venta de Carpio resident described how the improvements affected her sense of safety.

The project transformed 78 facades and added 15 large murals, six walkways with painted floors and 150 new lights. Workers also repaired potholes, pruned trees, installed drain rims and covers, removed hazardous trees, and cleared 157 tons of garbage, rubble and waste. The work addressed flooding at the development’s main entrance as well.

Resident Diana Salas Arroyo said the changes were especially noticeable after dark. “You no longer go out afraid that something might happen,” she said. She described the new lighting, repaired streets and murals as a major change for a neighborhood that had been neglected.

It is a very noticeable change

· Diana Salas ArroyoThe resident praised the neighborhood’s new lighting, murals and repaired streets.

Mayor Azucena Cisneros Coss inaugurated the project after previously delivering a Safe Path in the development in April 2025. She said the initiative sought to restore dignity to residents’ homes, community and property. Luis Ángel Hernández Soto, the presidential technical coordinator, said Venta de Carpio was the fifth NIDO Community implemented by the Ecatepec government. The other sites are San Juan Alcahuacán, San Agustín, Jardines de Morelos and the Sanctuary of the Fifth Apparition of the Virgin of Guadalupe in Tulpetlac.

Today we are dignifying what was once a dream that became reality, your homes, your property and your community

· Azucena Cisneros CossThe mayor described the purpose of the NIDO Community project at its inauguration.
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