Fisherman Who Found and Lost Aztec Treasure Now Faces Eviction The Associated Press
go to original November 14, 2013

Fisherman Raul Hurtado, 64, speaks during an interview outside of his small shack where he sells seafood in the port city of Veracruz, Mexico. (AP/Felix Marquez)

VERACRUZ — Gulf-coast fisherman Raul Hurtado is a local legend, the man who found and lost millions of dollars' worth of Aztec gold almost four decades ago, was tossed in prison, then found peace making $150 a month selling octopus and other seafood from a thatched-roof shack.

Now, Hurtado is back in the public eye because he's at risk of losing even the modest livelihood he earns on a small patch of beach known as Punta Gorda. The government plans to expand Veracruz port and make it one of Mexico's largest freight terminals, a move that threatens to evict him and dozens of others who have sold fish on the beach for decades.

It's the latest twist in a life that has had some wondering over the years whether Hurtado has been the luckiest, or unluckiest, fisherman ever.

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