Re: Land Redistribution in Los Altos Region of Jalisco

["readysetgo95814" <mcortez@...>]

Hello Alice,

I have a family stories to share regarding this subject as well as 
the Cristiada.

My paternal grandfather, Francisco Sánchez, was a Cristero.  The 
Cristero rebellion affected my father's family greatly.  When the 
government took action against the Cristeros, my grandfather had to 
move his entire family out of their homestead (San Nicolas de los 
Abundis) to Guadalajara.  They were forced to leave everything 
behind and the family suffered great hardship as a result.  They 
eventually moved back to San Nicolas and had to "start over". My 
grandfather felt betrayed by the Catholic Church.  When the 
government took action against the Cristeros my grandfather felt 
that the Church should've stepped in more and help the Cristeros.  
Instead, they stood idly by and did nothing to help those who risked 
their lives to defend the Church.

On the subject of land redistribution: my father purchased several 
acres of land in a coastal area in Jalisco called "El Tule" back in 
the sixties.  He made this purchase while he was residing here in 
the States. He never farmed or built anything on that land because 
it was impractical for him to do so from so far away.  His dream was 
to one day retire and live on that land.  Squatters have taken over 
the land and because of the Land Redistribution laws enacted after 
the Mexican Revolution there is nothing he can do about it.  He has 
lost everything!  He has hired one lawyer after another hoping the 
government will compensate him for his loss.  To date he has not 
received a dime.

That is the account of my family's story as told by my father.

Maria Cortez

--- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, "alice_wissing" <alice_wissing@y...> 
wrote:
> Hello Friends,
> 
> I come from Carpinteria, CA where many people from the Los Altos 
> region of Jalisco settled (aside from having the "World's Safest 
> Beach" Carpinteria had the last segregated school in California).  
> Anyways, some of the old-timers claim that their families lost 
land 
> in the Revolution of 1910.  I'm a bit skeptical and am curious if 
> anyone has heard similar stories from their families.  Any 
feedback 
> is appreciated. 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Alice