Madrugando con Una LluviaZIHta

"Yo no los subí, y no los voy a bajar."

Apologies. I understand the words but I am missing the meaning. Is he saying he didn't put them (the squatters?) up there but he isn't going to take them down?

Yes, the mayor saying he would not enforce the law gave a green light to land thieves, and in the course of 3 years we went from having around 20 squatter communities to over 50. This was the period when the worst damage was done. A turning point in the history of Zihuatanejo when we lost a much more promising future to instead condemn ourselves to the incessant and unfixable problems we have suffered since then.