Cabo San Lucas residents march over yearslong lack of water and electricity

 

Residents of the Fundadores neighborhood in Cabo San Lucas took to the streets this week to protest what they describe as seven years without reliable access to basic services, including electricity and potable water.

More than 50 people joined the demonstration, marching from the toll bypass toward the Punta Ballena bridge and occupying one lane of traffic headed toward San José del Cabo. Their message was direct: after years of delays, promises and temporary fixes, they want legal, stable utility service like any other community in the city.

According to neighborhood leaders, the crisis affects roughly 400 families who continue to live without formal electrical connections or regular access to water. Residents say they are not asking for free service, but for the right to open individual accounts and pay for utilities through legal channels.

Óscar Aguilar, president of the neighborhood committee, said the community met about a year ago with municipal officials, including Mayor Christian Agúndez Gómez, who pledged that City Hall would help move the process forward. So far, Aguilar said, the only response has been the installation of a temporary transformer, a measure residents consider inadequate and irregular.

For many families, the larger issue is a legal dispute involving the land where the neighborhood sits. Residents say the property remains tied up in litigation between the Los Zalates real estate company and the Ejido of Cabo San Lucas, a conflict that has delayed the regularization of basic services.

Even so, neighbors insist they purchased their lots in good faith and should not be left in limbo because of a dispute beyond their control. They say the lack of electricity and water has forced them to endure years of precarious living conditions in an area that has otherwise continued to grow.

Aracely Farfán, a local resident, said families are simply asking to be heard after years of unfulfilled commitments. Protesters also alleged that access to electricity has been conditioned on the removal of a gate arm installed at the entrance to the property, even though they say they have no authority over that structure.

The protest underscored a widening sense of frustration in Fundadores, where residents say the demand is no longer just for public services, but for recognition, legal certainty and the dignity of being treated like any other established neighborhood in Los Cabos.