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Pajarito Mesa overlooks Albuquerque's South Valley and is home to over 250 families who struggle for basic services such as water, electricity, roads, emergency services, and school bus transportation.
Residents on Pajarito Mesa pay taxes like the rest of the citizens of Bernalillo County and deserve the same services. "We demand nothing more than dignity and justice," says SWOP organizer and Pajarito resident Sandra Montes.
Since December 1997, Pajarito residents, along with SWOP members and staff, have demanded Bernalillo County representatives fulfill their obligation to provide infrastructure to people who live on the Mesa. To provide water and solar electricity to the Mesa, the residents have formed a Mutual Domestic Water Association with 130 residents.
