In this article, we review the cases of San Juan Teotihuacan, in the State of Mexico, and Cuernavaca, in the State of Morelos, in Mexico, where Walmart and Costco stores were built on land that contained archeological and historical remains, affecting the cultural heritage of the place. This situation caused mobilizations, which were eventually dismissed not for legal reasons, but for collusion actions between the government authorities and the companies.

This text aims to produce a review of the arguments and positions made known, specially by the press, which is intended to compile the testimonies of the actors, as a source of memory not only of the illegal events, but presumably affected the cultural heritage of many communities.