By sharing legal costs, we hired legal representation with expertise in national and international law, indigenous affairs, human rights and experience in dealing with indigenous ADIs and the various State institutions.
Real Achievements
We conducted a thorough due diligence process and discovered a means to reach our goals following a path of intelligent sound legal expertise. We are already on phase 2 of our global Road-Map!
We already made strategic gains to remove Cocles from the Keköldi Reserve. Our first phase has already been proven in practice.
Our leadership team makes strategic yet prudent decisions, thereby maximizing efficiency and protecting our implementation budget.
In our first legal action, we won an important jurisprudence from the Constitutional Chamber (Sala IV).
Bloque de Cocles halted the illegal actions of the ADITIK of giving possession of the Plaza de Cocles to the State, stopping a dangerous precedent being set against property owners in the ZMT.
We have expert legal guidance on the implementation of a Consulta Indigena and we will be working to ensure the Consulta Indigena is implemented in accordance with Convention 169, “prior, informed and of good faith"
The State has recognized the main claims of our legal thesis.
Having achieved our phase 1 goals, we've moved on to the important negotiation phase with the State. We have initiated dialogue with all 3 powers of the State - the Executive, Legislative and Judicial Powers.
We already made strategic gains to remove Cocles from the Keköldi Reserve. Our first phase has already been proven in practice.
Cocle’s Property Owners:
Unite to Defend Your Property Rights
Don't let your property be seized without a fight.
We are mobilized to stay informed, organized and legally protected.
Stand together with your neighbors. Join today.
Together we can win back our property rights.
A different neighborhood group, the Association of Vecinos, is pushing the Afro-Caribe tribal solution, which does not represent property owners in Cocles. The Afro tribal solution is misguided and harmful to good-faith property owners.
Otro grupo vecinal, la Asociación de Vecinos, promueve la solución tribal afrocaribeña, la cual no representa a los propietarios de Cocles. Esta solución es errónea y perjudicial para los propietarios de buena fe. Estudios históricos de registro demuestran que estas tierras fueron tituladas en la década de 1890 y nunca fueron territorio indígena. Los pueblos indígenas nunca habitaron las tierras costeras. Prueba de ello es que la tierra fue titulada inicialmente a nombre de un ciudadano estadounidense, el magnate ferroviario Minor Cooper Keith, y la United Fruit Company. La resolución constitucional de 2019 para reintegrar Cocles a la Reserva Kekoldi se realizó sin una Consulta Indígena y en contra de la voluntad del Consejo de Ancianos. El Consejo de Ancianos de Kekoldi testifica que su territorio nunca incluyó Cocles. El Estado de Costa Rica violó los derechos constitucionales de los propietarios de Cocles, consagrados en el Artículo 45 de la Constitución y el Artículo 21 de la Convención Americana sobre Derechos Humanos.
Resolving the Cocles-Kekoldi Land Dispute:
A Legal Path Forward
We are a private group of affected property owners working to correct the historical boundary discrepancies and restore our property rights.
We have a solid Road-Map to a solution based on sound legal fundamentals that deal adequately with indigenous affairs and human rights obligations.
We stand for a solution that is fair to all affected parties and restores and promotes lasting harmony to the community of Cocles.
Our legal strategies have been tested and proven in practice already!
We support a comprehensive, long-term solution within the framework of legality and social peace and earns the support of the Legislative Assembly.
We are empowered with knowledge and combine our funds to pursue a just solution.
In 2025, the ADITIK began serving usurpation notices to property owners on Calle el Tucan
Property values are in rapid decline. You cannot use your property as bank collateral.
The Situation is Evolving Quickly
We are denied our property rights, such as getting any type of permit.
Legal risks are increasing.
The State has started the process of removing property owners from the Kekoldi Reserve.
INDER will not compensate us.
In 2019, the First Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice overturned a decree of 1996 and reinstated much of Cocles into the Keköldi Reserve, causing good-faith property owners to suffer with legal uncertainty.
Join our Coordinated Effort to Restore Property Rights for ALL Owners
JUSTICE
Our mission is to correct the historical boundary discrepancies of the Keköldi reserve over Cocles and protect property rights for all of us with a solution that is fair to all affected stakeholders and earns the support of the Legislative Assembly.
RESOLVE
We are not the cause of this territorial conflict. We are among those affected by the State’s error and will defend our rights in a serious, lawful, and determined way. We are empowered with knowledge and combine our funds to pursue legal action.
UNITY
We are a diverse group of Costa Rican nationals and foreigners who are united to defend our lawfully acquired rights. We ask the community to stand alongside us and join our group. Together we can win!
STRATEGY
Our well founded Road-Map has achieved all it's objectives to date. Our Road-Map is implemented by legal experts in human rights, indigenous matters and the constitution, ensuring legal fundamental objectives of a law project are met.
RESULTS
We have already achieved results, including a jurisprudence before the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice! Our legal thesis has been recognized and proven in practice by the State in a defense of our community space.
FAIRNESS
Bloque de Cocles is the only group stepping up to defend the rights of all good-faith property owners. We hold legal titles to our properties and will be a major actor through this process. We believe in inclusion and our ability to resolve this for all affected parties.
Benefits of Joining Bloque de Cocles
Access to expert legal advice for your personal legal defense.
Participation in the solution to save all our properties.
Fight for your property with a proven strategies.
Pay your fair share of financial contributions.
Informative video calls with our lawyers.
A network of affected property owners.
Access to verified legal information.
Real updates on the situation.
Together, we can stay informed, pool our resources for legal protection, and win back our rights!
Meet Us and Learn More
While you wait, decisions are being made about your property.
Staying informed and organized is the only way to protect your investment.
We invite all property owners to attend our annual informational meetings.
You can choose to attend in person or virtually.
The next Information Meeting will be scheduled for September 2026. Add your name to the invitation list.