No Preference Given to Neighbors in Purchase of San Pedro Land

According to Rubio, he is unaware of who the new owner of the property is, suffice to say that they were never given first preference when it came to the purchase of the land, despite many years of effort to legally obtain it.

On the Phone: Stephen Rubio, Resident, San Pedro

“Well I am not really sure who the owner is but I know REMAX is the real estate agent that has the sign up there.”

Isani Cayetano

“Going back a bit, you mentioned that you wanted to seek compensation for whatever you’ve invested in that property, based on what you’ve described as a liability.  Who would you seek this kind of relief from, would you be pursuing a suit against the Government of Belize through the Ministry of Natural Resources?”

On the Phone: Stephen Rubio

“Well, I would just, I think the person that pocketed money and, you know, did all this transaction is the one that’s responsible to at least compensate us with a little portion of whatever they illegally did, you know.  My main thing is how much it’s going to affect us.  This waterside access for us to be able to pull up our boats every year, now we won’t be able to do that.  This is where we come and clean our fish and, you know, in this COVID time it’s gonna be an extra expense for us to go to Belize City or go to a boatyard to do the necessary maintenance of our boats, you know.  We really feel like it’s not fair the way the government played us behind our backs and went and sold it to somebody else when we should have been given the first priority to own the property.”