State Accuses Developer of Creating Colonia

They said three people are in violation of colonia prevention laws
POSTED: 05:58 PM CDT Apr 10, 2015 UPDATE

State Accuses Developer of Creating Colonia

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CAMERON COUNTY -The Texas attorney general is going after a Cameron County developer. The state is accusing them of creating a colonia.


The state said Jose Cuevas Sr., Jose Cuevas Jr. and Maria Trinidad Cuevas are in violation of Texas colonia-prevention laws.

The AG’s office said the trio unlawfully subdivided and leased residential lots without the required wastewater infrastructure.
The area is a mobile home community in Laguna Heights.

Investigators found 37 mobile homes on a lot less than an acre big. The leases are allegedly done through verbal month-to-month agreements.

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