In Re Xacur

ORDER

KAREN KENNEDY BROWN, Bankruptcy Judge.

This is an involuntary Chapter 7 bankrupt cy filed under 11 U.S.C. § 303 in which the petitioning creditors, seven Mexican banks and one California bank owned by a Mexican parent bank, seek an order for relief against three Mexican citizens, Jacobo Xacur, Jose Maria Xacur, and Felipe Xacur. In addition to jurisdictional issues, the alleged debtors urge that this Court should abstain from this case because of pending litigation in Mexico between the same parties. Alternatively, the Xacurs raise counter-claims alleging usury, seeking to nullify the…