114,151.8 Acres in El Paso, TX - $11,415,180

La Bamba Ranch

Located in the heart of the Chihuahuan desert in northern Mexico, La Bamba Cattle Ranch is just a 2.5 hour drive from Presidio, Texas. This 8 deeded lot has been owned and operated by the same family for more than three generations, and is fully equipped and operational. The coordinates for the ranchs headquarters are: Latitude 30 03 55.0 North, Longitude 105 19 48.0 West. Elevation is 4,647 feet above sea level in the valley to 5201 feet above sea level in the ranch headquarters.

The ranch is mostly soft rolling hills on an 85 percent plain flat field. Only its eastern edge is marked by the Sierra del Hueso, also called Sierra de la Lagrima. All other perimeter sides are fenced.

There are six pastures of different sizes. Inner dirt roads are maintained annually. Public dirt roads to and from the ranch are maintained by the town government of Coyame, Chihuahua. The ranch is located 56 miles NNW of Coyame. And from there, 55 miles to Ojinaga, Chihuahua and Presidio, Texas, passing through the beautiful scenery of the Peguis Canyon.

There are 9 wells throughout the ranch, six of them fully operational, three need to be drilled deeper. All nine wells are registered with Mexicos Water Commission (CONAGUA), and all have their water rights titles up to date. There are six additional well sites marked for future drilling. There are 31 dirt water tanks throughout the ranch; some of them last all year long.

The land has blue Gramma and other native grass cover interspersed with various species of brush and trees typical of this region like mesquite, and is home to a variety of wild life species like pronghorn antelope, mule deer, puma, lynx cat, coyote, duck, cranes, owls, javelins and wild turkey.

For the sale price of the land, the owners will include at no additional cost approximate 300 head of commercial Brangus cattle, a Caterpillar D-5 model 93J548 with a three shank ripper, working horses, saddles and tack, a set of priefert portable corrals that can handle up to 200 animals, a 1992 Ford F350, a 1982 Famsa Truck trailer, a small cattle trailer that holds 8-10 animals and all tools and equipment needed to operate this ranch.

Land tax for 2015 was $2,759.37 USD. WOW! Thats 2.4 cents per acre. And it has remained the same for the last 10+ years. Mexicos restrictive zone laws have been lifted, now any US citizen can buy land through a Public Notary in Mexico the same way any Mexican citizen can.

Now that the Energy Reforms have been passed by Congress in Mexico, La Bamba Cattle Ranch is located in the center part of a zone in the state of Chihuahua with proven deposits of shale gas and oil. Also this ranch sits atop 4 major aquifers with a combine water potential of 5.089 billion cubic feet of water annually.

The ranch is a great place to get away from it all, and simply enjoy nature and peaceful quiet nights. If you want to take your US vehicle into Mexico, you will need the original and a copy of the following: Your US Passport, driver license, your vehicle title or the banks or credit union permission to bring it into Mexico. A six month permit is a $329.00 deposit charged to your credit or debit card. You must return the permit before it expires to get a full refund; otherwise you lose the whole amount.