The squatters were evicted a week later but a tent city that went up around the building persists. |
On the way you pass through the sprawl of makeshift dwellings that are home to tens of thousands of squatters. |
He has backed the invasions, saying the squatters are simply reclaiming land stolen by colonialists. |
Even when it was discovered that the land was unstable and prone to landslide, the squatters remained. |
He said any police intervention was likely to have a dire effect because some of the squatters were now armed with automatic firearms. |
So if squatters happen to move in before he can resell his investment, he simply shows them the door with a baseball bat. |