The Mexico City Congress approved a request for local authorities to strengthen the “Safe Purchase” program to prevent fraud and crimes related to the purchase and sale of vehicles in the capital.
Members of the Green Ecologist Party of Mexico (PVEM) highlighted the need to increase vehicle identification modules in all of the capital’s municipalities.
This is due to the growing incidence of scams through social media and digital platforms, they point out.
Citizens flock to official modules
During the session, Representative Claudia Neli Morales Cervantes argued that the proposal reflects her party’s commitment to strengthening security and legal certainty regarding the assets of residents of the capital.
Morales pointed out that vehicle theft and car purchase scams directly affect thousands of families in Mexico City.
“The proposal is concretely implemented to recognize and reinforce a fundamental strategy implemented by Clara Brugada, head of the capital’s government, which seeks to combat one of the crimes that most affects families in the capital: vehicle theft.”
Furthermore, the legislator explained that this program contributes to the reduction in the number of cases where “buyers fall into the hands of scammers on social media and other platforms when they want a vehicle in good faith.”
She explained that the “Safe Purchase” program is coordinated between the Attorney General’s Office and the Mexico City Citizen Security Secretariat, and clarified that its main objective is to “establish official modules that provide legal certainty” in vehicle acquisition.
These spaces allow for the detection of alterations in the serial number, the review of the vehicle’s legality, and the identification of possible counterfeit documents.
Morales affirmed that the strategy has already yielded positive results, preventing more people from becoming victims of fraud and recovering stolen vehicles.
Representative Claudia Neli Morales Cervantes emphasized that there are currently only two vehicle identification modules in the city: one in the Doctores neighborhood and another recently opened in Iztapalapa. The scarcity of these points makes it difficult for citizens to access reliable verification mechanisms.
The Green Party maintained that security should focus on prevention, intelligence, and institutional strengthening through programs that provide tools to citizens and reduce fraud.
Therefore, the approved proposal urges the Attorney General’s Office and the Secretariat of Citizen Security, based on their budgetary adequacy, to “continue strengthening the strategy against vehicle theft (…) and consider the feasibility of establishing a greater number of vehicle identification modules in the municipalities of the nation’s capital.”
Source: infobae
