![]() ![]() The Alegres and Colibri have been deadlocked in a series of ongoing lawsuits over El Pez dating back to at least 2009. This would be a strong motivation to try to the El Pez land.” ![]() Kendall said the Alegres “covet” his hotel and grounds because it “is oceanfront and if combined with the other side it increases the value of. “The Alegres have publicly stated they own land where El Pez is located, and they tried 10 years ago to take and keep possession,” Kendall said. Luis’s father, Gastón Alegre, has been accused of employing the same tactic back in 2008, using local cops and hired security guards to shut down El Pez in an attempt to drive Kendall out of business. Alegre reportedly owns property worth some $18 million adjacent to the El Pez real estate.Īccording to Kendall, the October raid wasn’t the first time the Alegre family has allegedly used cops in an attempt to seize control of Colibri property. Kendall, who is originally from New Zealand and has been investing in the Tulum area since 2003, claimed to know just who that third party is: Luis Alegre, a radio tycoon and aspiring gubernatorial candidate, who will in fact be running against Congresswoman Villegas in the upcoming governor’s race. The Quintana Roo office of the Fiscalía General del Estado (FGE) declined to be interviewed for this article. We view with concern the accusations of corruption made by hotel businessmen,” Villegas said.Īmong those accusations, Villegas added, is that dirty cops and prosecutors sometimes use their power to extort from business owners, refusing to re-open establishments until they’ve been paid off. “Sometimes when a criminal act is committed we see property seizures, while in other cases where crimes are also committed, the place is only secured for one or two hours. ![]() “We have seen that justice has been selective,” said Marybel Villegas, who represents Tulum’s state of Quintana Roo in the nation’s congress. That is in stark contrast to other establishments in the region that have been the scene of fatal shootouts between warring cartels, yet are then allowed to open up again almost at once. Given the state of policing in Mexico, it’s not a stretch to say that the raid that night could have turned deadly at any moment.īefore the officers left that night they cordoned off the hotel, and, as of this writing, El Pez remains closed. They’re also known to participate in extrajudicial killings-sometimes on a massive scale. Mexican cops are notoriously corrupt, and often work together with organized crime groups. Rolando’s fears of police malfeasance and the potential threat to life and limb are well founded. “Meanwhile the officers were… acting intimidating and pushing us around.” ![]() “He wasn’t even in handcuffs when they took him out,” Rolando said. He believes the drugs were planted and that the man who was arrested may have been a “sacrificial sheep” intended to give a bogus raid the air of authenticity. “The whole thing was a set-up,” Rolando said. They also reportedly took one of the guests into custody, without saying why. The officers claimed to have recovered small amounts of marijuana and cocaine, as well as a revolver and ammunition from one room, according to Mexican news outlet ContraRéplica. “At that moment I communicated with by radio and the answer was negative and it is a very quiet area where it would be easy to distinguish. “Neither I, nor any of the security guards heard anything,” Rolando said. But, strangely, according to Rolando, none of the other guests or staff had reported any gunfire. When questioned by hotel staff, the cops allegedly said they had received an anonymous tip from a guest claiming shots had been fired on the beach outside the hotel. ![]()
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