ROSARITO
The barbed wire fencing that surrounds most of Cantamar, a beachfront development located about 15 miles south of Rosarito, is barely noticeable against the towering palm trees lining the property and the percussion of nearby ocean waves.
Residents of the luxury beach-side community say they’ve had to climb over that steel fencing just to leave their homes in recent weeks because of an escalating dispute with the property manager. They say that in pursuit of new maintenance fees, she has blocked the exit, cut-off water and gas, and refused entry to guests, maintenance workers, and even some residents.
About 40 Baja California residents, many of them U.S. citizens and California retirees, say they’ve completely lost access to their homes.