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The complex (which includes the sculpture Coyote en Ayuno and its plinth) is 40 meters (130 ft) tall and 21 meters (69 ft) wide. It features a red-painted steel coyote looking skyward. It was created by Enrique "Sebastián" Carbajal. The sculpture weighs around 300 metric tons (300 long tons; 330 short tons) and it was placed on a 21 meters (69 ft)-tall concrete pedestal. It was installed on a roundabout between Adolfo López Mateos Avenue and Pantitlán Avenue, in Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl, State of Mexico, where previously a water tank had been. Due to its height and color, the sculpture can be seen throughout Nezahualcóyotl.The sculpture was commissioned to Sebastián by the then-mayor of Nezahualcóyotl, Luis Sánchez Jiménez, with a budget of 2 million pesos, and it was to be completed within a year. The cost soared to 5 million pesos and was completed in three years. The Coyote en Ayuno was inaugurated on 23 April 2008 to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the founding of the municipality. According to Sebastián, the eyes face east, so that the first ray of sunlight on 23 April can cross through the eye socket and light is projected onto a commemorative plaque, like a pre-Hispanic ritual. At the time it was inaugurated, the sculpture became the tallest of the country.In addition, the original project included a space to create a cultural center and a museum, but it did not materialize. By 2018, there were plans to rehabilitate the sculpture and place a museum, but it did not happen due to a lack of budget.
Enrique "Sebastián" Carbajal Sebastián Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl Coyote State of Mexico Nezahualcóyotl coyote Luis Sánchez Jiménez