Sailfest 2016 Projects Summary

Rob,

None of our projects are in squatter communities, nor have they been for more than 12 years. We are aware of these issues and avoid them.

In your list are clearly two squatters' communities that have been "regularized". Local residents don't see any difference between a "regularized" squatters' community and one awaiting "regularization", several of which have been helped to meet the requirements for "regularization" by foreigners building schools for them, one of the requirements for "regularization". If you are helping any of the communities above the Cota 70 then you are helping folks we consider lawbreaking squatters who gained title to their lands by violating the law and with the help of unscrupulous politicians seeking their votes.

I really don't know why I have to repeat myself to explain this to you year after year, but I've saved every conversation about it going back over a decade.

Here's one of my posts on the matter from 12 years ago: Cota 70

And here's an article I wrote on the matter 9 years ago: Zihuatanejo's Squatter Problem