No Abduction and Looting of Tenacatita. Senior Governor, the beach is for the people and for the Pueblo
How do you steal a beach? You are in a long standing property dispute and have powerful Mexican government friends that control the state police. You have said policia estatal close off the road with AK47s. This afternoon we attempted to go to Tenacatita, a small puebla beach that was rumored to be amongst the best in Mexico. Rock formations form a small barrier reef that protects a shallow bay from supposedly fun waves on the right swell. On August 4th the Governor of Jalisco authorized the closure of a federal highway and the takeover of private property. We met some of the restaurant owners and the owner of the RV park that are still fighting for their properties, their businesses, and what was their lives. Apparently the dispute has been raging for over 35 years. The new landholder has been quoted in the Guadalajara paper as saying that you can still access the beach, probably true if you had a tank that could take automatic rifle fire. We wanted to snap a picture of the gate across the highway but we didn’t dare.
For more on the story and how to get involved see here:
- http://guadalajarareporter.com/news-mainmenu-82/pacific-coast-mainmenu-87/27339-fury-over-tenacatita-beach-takeover-40-plus-foreigners-may-lose-their-land.html
- http://guadalajarareporter.com/news-mainmenu-82/pacific-coast-mainmenu-87/27303-police-evict-homeowners-in-tenacatita.html
- http://tenacatita.blogspot.com/
