News From the Border

Providing the news from a different front but from a war that we must win as well! I recognize the poverty and desperate conditions that many Latinos live in. We, as the USA, have a responsibility to do as much as we can to reach out to aid and assist spiritually with the Gospel and naturally with training, technology and resources. But poverty gives no one the right to break the laws of another sovereign nation.

Thursday, May 11, 2006

Dreams Shattered in Mexico

Some Americans who bought homes or leased land were helpless when developers and brokers moved in. Ocean views can be fleeting.

By Marla Dickerson
Times Staff Writer
May 10, 2006
Photo by Marla Dickerson / LAT

LA CRUZ DE HUANACAXTLE, Mexico — Doug and Dru Davis sold their San Diego County home several years ago to buy a $200,000 house on the beach here.

The value of their new place not far from the resort of Puerto Vallarta increased fivefold — until some developers moved the beach.

The couple's serenity was shattered last fall when construction crews began dredging the bay in front of their property to reclaim land from the sea. A planned marina, hotel and high-rise condos now threaten to block their ocean view.

Instead of watching whales glide just a few hundred yards off their patio, the couple fear they'll soon be looking at garbage bins, a service road and beer trucks.

"This is sending a terrible message to investors," said Doug Davis, 61. "You think you're buying oceanfront property and then the [Mexican] government lets someone build in front of you."

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