Los Cabos Mayor Christian Agúndez Gómez visited Colonia Fundadores in Cabo San Lucas on May 4 to meet with residents who lack reliable access to drinking water and electricity. The visit capped a weeks-long push by more than 400 families who staged a peaceful march in late April to demand basic services they say they have gone without for years.
Municipal officials committed to a set of interim fixes. OOMSAPAS Los Cabos, the municipal water utility, will deliver water by truck and install shared cisterns (aljibes) and water tanks (tinacos) at several points throughout the neighborhood. For electricity, authorities are working with the Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) to place community electrical panels and additional transformers, a pressing need as summer temperatures climb.
Weeks of Talks Led to the Mayor’s Visit
The May 4 visit followed at least four rounds of working group meetings between residents and officials. The process began after the April march, when municipal government director Amado Ruiz Espinoza met with protesters. A first formal working session was held April 22 at the Cabo San Lucas delegation office.
A second session on April 28, led by Secretary General Alberto Rentería Santana, brought together Cabo San Lucas delegate Karina de la O Uribe, OOMSAPAS director Ramón Rubio Apodaca, human settlements director Jorge Luis Sánchez Sandoval, CFE representatives, the state government’s Los Cabos representative Oscar René Núñez Cosío, and the Ejido de Cabo San Lucas. Participants agreed to a Thursday walkthrough of the neighborhood to identify sites for community electrical meters.
By the fourth meeting on May 1, Rentería Santana announced that officials had found “viable mechanisms” to supply drinking water and facilitate electricity access. OOMSAPAS also began delivering free water to Colonia Fundadores on May 2 as part of its emergency “Water to Your Home” program, which already serves other underserved neighborhoods like El Caribe and Palmas Homex.
Solutions Remain Provisional
Officials have been clear that all current measures are temporary. The community sits on ejido land, and resolving land tenure questions will take time. Colonia Fundadores is one of several informal settlements in the Los Cabos corridor where rapid population growth has outpaced infrastructure development.
The municipal government says it will continue coordinating with federal, state, and local agencies through ongoing working groups. No timeline for permanent water or electrical connections has been announced.
This story was first reported by Colectivo Pericú.