She worked her whole life to own her own home, and a notary fraud took it away from her: the reality for thousands of Mexicans

In Mexico, numerous citizens are losing their homes to organized criminal groups that utilize fraudulent deeds, identity theft, and the complicity of notaries and public officials to seize property. Data from the Secretariado Ejecutivo del Sistema Nacional de Seguridad Pública indicates that this issue affects thousands of individuals who have spent their lives working to secure homeownership.

The systematic nature of these property seizures highlights significant vulnerabilities in the legal and administrative processes governing real estate in the country. By exploiting institutional loopholes and corrupt actors, these criminal networks are able to effectively dispossess legitimate owners of their assets.