More than half of the fences removed by the Pueblos Unidos de la Ribera group are back up again
A Cyclone fence that had been removed and was put up a day after removal. Photo: Sofia Medeles.
Sofía Medeles(Ajijic).- Of the nine cyclone fences removed from federal land by activists, at least five were put back up by the owners of the residences on the shoreline Lake Chapala.
The «anti-rejas» (anti-fences) movement, which removed alleged illegal obstructions at the initiative of the group Pueblos Unidos de la Ribera, has focused on two areas of Ajijic: the beaches known as «Tío Domingo», and the Ajijic shoreline starting on Donato Guerra Street.
Seven fences were removed from the beaches of Tío Domingo, five of which have been reinstalled. In two of these cases, the property owners have planted crops to back up their claimed concession from the government to fence in the shoreline. To date, one of these plots still has agaves planted on it. Two other landowners placed gates at the border of their properties, claiming they were there to stop trespassing.
On the other side of Ajijic, two gates were removed by the Pueblos Unidos de la Ribera group The first one is located at the end of Donato Guerra Street. The property owner threatened to take action against the activists, but the activists were able to completely remove the chain-link fence. The activists also knocked down fence posts during their protest on March 25.
Later that day, close to the Hotel Real de Chapala, they removed a fence that extended approximately 30 meters along the shore of the lake, which had been rebuilt the following day,
Members of the group stated on several occasions that they would take action as many times as necessary against the alleged invaders of the areas that had previously been cleared of fencing.
On Friday, April 8, Pueblos Unidos de la Ribera will gather to remove the invasion next to the Hotel Real.
Translated by Patrick O’Heffernan
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