Since the Vega scandal broke, more questionable land deals have been popping up. In fact, there is an ongoing dispute over the Bradley's Bank Estate in Santa Elena that erupted this morning. Police reported that the title owner, businessman Santiago Mendoza went to the 20 acre estate this morning and threatened to bulldoze all the houses off his property because government hasn't paid him compensation. When we spoke to Mendoza this evening he told us that he never sold the land to government and that they just took it over. Mendoza has been trying to get compensation from the government for 6 years but he says, they simply won't budge. Mendoza also told us he did not threaten anyone on the property. All he wants is compensation from government, not to move anyone from the land. Of course, the other side to this story is that - sources tell us that as many as 60 lots in this area are controlled by political kingpins, allegedly titled using names of persons who do not even know their names were used.
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Since the Vega scandal broke, more questionable land deals have been popping up. In fact, there is an ongoing dispute over the Bradley's Bank Estate in Santa Elena that erupted this morning. Police reported that the title owner, businessman Santiago Mendoza went to the 20 acre estate this morning and threatened to bulldoze all the houses off his property because government hasn't paid him compensation. When we spoke to Mendoza this evening he told us that he never sold the land to government and that they just took it over. Mendoza has been trying to get compensation from the government for 6 years but he says, they simply won't budge. Mendoza also told us he did not threaten anyone on the property. All he wants is compensation from government, not to move anyone from the land. Of course, the other side to this story is that - sources tell us that as many as 60 lots in this area are controlled by political kingpins, allegedly titled using names of persons who do not even know their names were used.