Originally posted by elgatoloco
PRESS RELEASE Feb.19,2009
With all the violence reported recently in Baja California now comes the eviction of over 100 American families from Rancho Ensenada Community Park on
the Bay of Todos Santos.
The 100 families have become a pawn in a legal battle between Mexico�s third largest selling Tequilla Distillory and the famous name of Hussong. Since
1962, the land in question has been managed by the Walter Hussong family and an agreement with the Oredain family, the owners of the property. Through
several generations, all seemed well. However, recently the Orendain family sued the Hussong entity to dissolve the alleged lifelong management
agreement. The Orendain Corporation won its victory in court just last week, when a Mexican court ruled the Hussong family must return management
rights to the corporation.
Residents of Rancho Ensenada, some who have lived there thirty years (30) have an existing 10 year lease with the current management company. These
homes are not just trailers like the ones established in 1962. These are mobile homes with casitas attached. Some are two stories measuring two
thousand square feet with all the amentities of a gated retirement community. Residents pay for yearly home and car insurance, many have FM-3
residency cards.
For the past twelve months, the Orendain attorneys have met with the home owners, indicating they would be willing to renegotiate contracts with them
once the court decision was made in their favor. Now comes an announcement that the Orendain corporation, victorious in its court battle, has actually
sold the land to the state of Baja for an undisclosed amount of money. The state wants the land to extend a highway along the beach to alleviate heavy
truck traffic though downtown Ensenada.
Residents were informed last night, Wednesday, they have until February 23, next Monday to get out, evicted by the state of Baja. No compensation, no
extension of time. Attorneys representing the home owners say the current lease is a binding agreement but the state has refused to acknowledge those
documents. The State has refused to even talk with the residents or their attorneys. Orendain attorneys are no where to be found.
Residents stand to lose their homes not to mention thousands of dollars in household goods, appliances and furniture. If the state of Baja is
concerned about recent negative publicity involving murder, beheadings, kidnapping, and extortion, they only have to look in its own backyard policies
of greed and total disregard to residing Americans. The residents are pleading with the US consulate in Tijuana for intervention, anything to gain
time so they can pack up and leave in a timely manner.
(more)
Clint Houston-713-520-6963 (Texas)
Gail Thompson-619-282-6792 (San Diego)
Barbara Bennett-925-262-8361 (Ensenada)
Victoria Petrovich-760-497-8241(San Diego)
The above are all long time home owners in Ensenada available for interviews.
The GPS location of the gated community on Google Earth is;
31 N 45�52. 12 N ---116 36� 24.33 W
Attorney representing Orendain in Ensenada-Hector Gonzales Leon.
Attorney representing Home Owners in Ensenada Carlos Cota
US Consulate Tijuana 011-52-664-622-7400 Carlos Berra.
First Court Ensenada, Judge Salvador Riosevela |
