Outrage in Cancun

2/19/05
The photos below detail the actions of Opresa Construction Company, the primary contractor for La Gran Plaza Cancun - a mall being developed ostensibly as further capitalization on the tourist trade in the area.

Opresa made a bogus deal to acquire land being used as a private shelter for the street dogs of Cancun - promising the owner and operator of the shelter that they would construct a new facility for her on land in an area called the Bonfil Ejido. This shelter was being operated by Rosalinda Figueroa Castillo, a woman of average means, as her personal charitable effort - which she has done for the past eleven years with meager resources and little support. She rescued and housed 186 dogs from the streets of Cancun - providing them with food, care, and shelter, rescuing them from lives of neglect, disease, suffering and starvation. A few months ago, a team of concerned veterinarians and volunteers even conducted a sterilization clinic at her shelter, neutering a great number of the dogs there.

Opresa did not complete the construction as promised. Instead, after stalling and delaying in the completion of the promised facility they willfully and deliberately initiated destruction of Rosalinda's shelter, and used heavy equipment to bury more than 33 dogs alive - sending scores of other injured and terrified animals scattering back onto the streets!

Even worse, on 2/17/05 when Rosalinda and her son arrived to find that temporary structures she and her friends had reconstructed had again been razed, she was then assaulted by a mob of Opresa's workers - who beat her son and dislocated her shoulder, sending them both to the hospital. They then continued to kick and beat the remaining dogs - sending them fleeing from what remained of the shelter. A number of the fleeing dogs were struck by cars. Others had been raised at the shelter since they were puppies, and knew no other home. While several of the workers were briefly jailed for this assault, the outrage of this can never be fully rectified - and no amount of PR will ever redeem Opresa Construction Company for it's demonstrated cruelty, inhumanity and greed.

If you feel that you may be too upset by the images below, please click [here] to bypass them, and to go to the action/help section of the page

The unspeakable cruelty of Opresa Construction Company's workers is shown in these very graphic photographs:

PLEASE CALL, WRITE OR EMAIL OPRESA TO CONVEY TO THEM YOUR DISGUST AND OUTRAGE!

PROMISE TO NEVER PATRONIZE LA GRAN PLAZA CANCUN WITH A SINGLE CENTAVO OF YOUR MONEY!!

PROMISE TO SPREAD THE WORD OF THIS ABOMINATION TO FRIENDS ACROSS THE GLOBE, SENDING THE CLEAR MESSAGE THAT THIS IS INTOLERABLE TO ALL THINKING, COMPASSIONATE HUMAN BEINGS!

Opresa Construction Company's website, showing them as the developer of La Gran Plaza Cancun:
http://www.opresa.com.mx/enprocesso.htm

Their contact information:
(THE LINK IS THEIR EMAIL ADDRESS)

Pongase en contacto con nosotros a través de nuestro
correo electrónico info@opresa.com.mx

ó a nuestras oficinas: Calle 6 No. 102A x 7 y 9
Reparto Dolores Patrón
Tel: (999) 925-2554 y (999) 925-7211

To call from the US, dial 011-52 before the remaining ten digits

To have your message to them automatically translated into Spanish , use:
http://www.freetranslation.com
or
Babelfish Translation

both are free services

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Related links:

The story in newspaper "Dario Que Q.Roo se Entere" (use one of the above translation links to view in English)
http://www.diarioque.com.mx/absolutenm/anmviewer.asp?a=24511&z=16

Our profound thanks to Maureen Johston and Lydia Pontius for their awareness and commitment to the people and animals of the region