The president of Chapala, Alejandro Aguirre, seeks to put a stop to the problem that has been allowed to go unnoticed by past administrations.
Trucks in the Bajío area, west of Ajijic. File 2021.
Editor. White-collar criminals have set their sights on Chapala to seize land in federal zones, using false deeds and corrupt notaries who use their positions to issue forged documents with which they try to take over public spaces.
The Government of Chapala, the Association of Notaries Public of the State of Jalisco and the State Government have called on the population to oppose bad practices of public notaries, after investigating that, in complicity with private individuals, they have falsified documents to take possession of land in federal zones.
The municipal authorities, in coordination with the state authorities, have undertaken a strategy to stop illegal acts by notaries and individuals who try to take possession of land in Chapala. The Dirección General de Delitos Patrimoniales y Financieros de la Fiscalía de Jalisco, has opened investigations into irregularities committed in the municipality.
The Notary Association of Jalisco asked for regulations to insure that those who want to acquire a property, do so based on the law, and condemning people they labeled as «loafers», who want to take possession of land illegally. The Association vowed it would not protect any person who tries to do illegal acts.
«We are not going to overrule anyone, but we must consider the Registrar who participates in the appraisals and the public registry of property. I am totally convinced that some of these (fake) deeds can give legal certainty,» said Jaime Natera Lopez, President of the College of Notaries of Jalisco in a media interview.
For the last ten years the problem of invasions in the hills and beach areas of Lake Chapala has been growing at an accelerated rate, without any authority trying to put a stop to the invasions. in many cases illegal the takeovers of property have been facilitated by corruption by private individuals and notaries public.
Among the public notaries that are endorsed as legitimate in Lakeside are: Jorge Chávez, Sergio Macías, Juan Carlos López, Sergio Macías (father), Luis Enrique Ramos, Juan José Rodríguez, Adriana Villaseñor, as well as notaries public from La Barca, Ocotlán, Ayotlán, Tototlán and Atotonilco, on the condition that they are present. The misuse of notarial procedure is punishable with two to six years of imprisonment.
Translated by Patrick O’Heffernan
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