The Yaiza City Council has activated the civil route to defend the ownership of a part of the Uga fairgrounds in the conflict it maintains with the Acuña Borges family, which claims 445 square meters of land.
The mayor, Óscar Noda, met this Monday with residents of Uga, accompanied by the municipal legal services, to explain in detail the evolution of the dispute since 1991. During the meeting, the mayor defended the actions of the City Council and denied any inaction, relying on official documentation that was publicly shown.
Noda insisted that, regardless of the ongoing judicial process, the governing group maintains its willingness to dialogue: “We remain open to negotiation, as long as the Acuña family decides to sit down and talk,” he pointed out.
Currently, the City Council has filed an appeal before the Provincial Court of Las Palmas against the judgment issued by the court of Arrecife. In it, it requests that its condition as legitimate owner of an area of 1,245 square meters within the disputed property be recognized, as well as the removal of the wall built to delimit the land.
Subsidiarily, the institution also requests the cessation of the occupation of the 445 square meters claimed, their return to the City Council and the elimination of the enclosure that separates that portion from the rest of the plot.
The mayor maintained that the family's claim affects land for neighborhood use and questioned the sense of delimiting a space in which one cannot build. This stance was shared by several attendees at the meeting held at the Camel House.
During his intervention, Noda reviewed the judicial actions carried out since he assumed the mayoralty in 2018 and assured that the City Council has appeared in all procedures to defend municipal interests. He also recalled the opening of an urban planning disciplinary file, insisting that “the documents demonstrate” the actions of the council.
In relation to the negotiation, the mayor explained that he has tried to contact the family both directly and through their lawyers, without success. As he indicated, the received response refers exclusively to the judicial route.
The origin of the conflict dates back to an agreement reached in 1991 for the use of the land during the festivities, which later resulted in a land swap. Discrepancies over ownership intensified in 2020, when the family erected a first perimeter wall, whose complaint by the City Council was judicially dismissed.
In 2026, the council denied the license for a second enclosure, although finally Justice forced to grant it. While the appeal is resolved, the City Council continues reorganizing the space of the fairgrounds to guarantee the celebration of traditional events such as the Livestock Show, the San Isidro festivities and the Wine Run.
