After more than three decades of legal limbo, roughly 15,000 families in Ejido Rojo Gómez and neighboring communities are on the verge of securing official legal deeds for their homes, following the official signing of the Coordination Agreement for the Regularization of Land Tenure, which brought together federal, state, and municipal leadership alongside civil society representatives.
Speaking at the signing ceremony, Baja California Governor Marina del Pilar Ávila Olmeda hailed the agreement as a historic act of social justice. She emphasized that the pact provides immediate legal protection for local families while securing property ownership for future generations.
“If you hadn’t fought so relentlessly, we wouldn’t be standing here today. What we are celebrating is the direct result of a community that refused to give up,” she said. “This was never just a political promise for me, it was a personal priority to ensure justice was finally served.”
Víctor Rubén Guzmán Dagnino, Director General of the National Institute for Sustainable Land (INSUS), representing the Secretariat of Agrarian, Land, and Urban Development (SEDATU), noted that the federal government prioritized the resolution as a model for land reform across Mexico’s 32 states under an expropriation framework of political will and social interest. The final agreement will be formally signed by President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo.
“I recognize the will you showed from the very first minute, and the work your team has done including the Secretary General of Government and the undersecretaries. I also thank the mayor for helping move this forward. And of course, I recognize the ejido’s willingness to sit down at this table,” he said.
Baja California Secretary General of Government Juan José Pon Méndez noted that the agreement directly benefits ejidatarios and residents across several key neighborhoods, including Lomas del Valle, Terrazas del Valle I and II, and La Morita I and II. For thousands of families who purchased their plots in good faith years ago, the resolution closes a long chapter of legal vulnerability.
The signing was formally witnessed by key agricultural and housing officials, including Enrique Manuel Cunningham Santana, representing SEDATU; Malhi Elda Vera Quezada, representing the National Agrarian Registry; Alexis Ballinas Ruiz, from the Agrarian Attorney’s Office; and Samuel Peña Garza, General Director of the National Fund for Ejido Development Trust (FIFONAFE).
Also in attendance were representatives from the Legal Counsel’s Office, the Secretariat of Finance, the Public Registry of Property and Commerce, the Institute for Real Estate and Housing Development (INDIVI), and Tijuana Mayor Ismael Burgueño Ruiz.
The state government reaffirmed its commitment to working alongside federal and local authorities to protect property rights, framing secure housing as a fundamental standard for families across Baja California.
