The location of the lot is on Paseo del Lago street, between San Pablo and San Mateo in Riberas del Pilar,
Filling trucks leaving the invaded lot.
Editor.- Neighbors of Riberas del Pilar again denounced landfills with debris on federal land in the area allegedly invaded and terraced by Alfredo Ríos Becerra «El torero».
Debris trucks were reported entering the property -which is already fenced with a stone wall- during midday on Tuesday, June 14. Some neighbors quickly began to record and disseminate the video, as they claim that the police reports have not been of any use. In the end, the alleged perpetrator and the trucks left the site.
One of the neighbors recalled that he has been protesting this action since 2017, as well as the work that has been carried out within the same lot. He also said that this space located on Paseo del Lago Street, between San Mateo and San Pablo Streets, was the only one in all Riberas del Pilar where there was no illegal building or filling until the arrival of Alfredo Ríos. There has been a long history of complaints, which resulted in two closures of the lot and the visit of inspectors from the National Water Commission (Conagua). However, this did not prevent Rios from continuing with the construction works of the wall and stables and obtaining basic services.
«If you go and ask in Transparency(Mexicans version of a Freedom of Information request) for the reason why the closures were removed, with the file number that was originally assigned to these complaints, placed there is no document. Conagua and the Federal Attorney’s Office for Environmental Protection (PROFEPA) have already been informed, and they do not take action.. Conagua inspectors came when the water was up, and they left saying that it was flooded, that there was nothing to do, even though it was already fenced in and they were already starting to build the El Torero wall,» said the complainant.
The citizen also complained about the lack of attention of the municipal authorities in the two administrations prior to the current one – 2015 to 2018 headed by Javier Degollado González, and 2018 to 2021 by Moisés Alejandro Anaya Aguilar – for allowing the Municipal Potable Water and Sewage System (SIMAPA) to have a water intake and not properly managing power connections.
. «With all this, there is no desire left to continue protesting the project before the new administration takes office .» he said.
Another dissatisfied neighbor shared the situation of the land with the indigenous community of San Antonio Tlayacapan, who currently has the concession of that space. It is a concession for agricultural use, owned by a resident of the delegation, with an extension of 100 meters in front and 50 meters deep. According to the testimony, Alfredo Ríos had threatened and intimidated him so much that the owner decided to hand over the concession to the community so that they could take over the land.
When they were given the concession, «El Torero» was already working in the area, and they were only able to rescue a little more than a third of the land, approximately 35 meters of frontage, leaving the alleged invader 75 meters of frontage. «Conagua did not resolve the situation denounced by the concessionaire due to a drafting error in the complaint, and no work has been done on planting, because the water level is still high», he mentioned.
The Social Communication department of the Government of Chapala took note of the situation and communicated that people who protest , need to do so immediately, so the government can quickly arrive and intercept the offenders, and thus initiate the corresponding process, in addition, they provided the following number, exclusive for this type of complaints : 33 3446 4362.
Translated by Patrick O’Heffernan
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