The Chief Justice of the Baja California Judiciary, Alejandro Isaac Fragozo López, reported that four judges have been summoned by him and the Disciplinary Tribunal as part of an internal investigation, after being accused of belonging to a real estate cartel.
In response to a question from PUNTO NORTE, Fragozo López stated that the investigation stemmed from accusations made by lawyers and citizens on social media, and that they are currently reviewing each of the rulings issued by these judges.
“Right now, I’ve spoken with four of them… It’s an investigation initiated ex officio; we no longer have the authority to investigate. That falls under the purview of the Disciplinary Tribunal. They know the situation. Since I was a judge myself and know the judges, I summoned them and requested copies of their rulings,” he stated.
Although the Chief Justice did not specify the names of the judges under investigation, he indicated that it includes all those who have been mentioned in recent months.
“We, as a council, are currently investigating these judges. I personally spoke with those mentioned in the media, and they were going to send me copies of the case files. Obviously, they explained some situations because we’ve also noticed that some lawyers are starting to litigate in the media to exert pressure,” he stated.
According to the presiding magistrate, Alejandro Isaac Fragozo López, the Court has been aware for some time of cases involving armed individuals entering homes or housing developments to take possession of them.
“They would take over the guardhouse and leave armed people there. This is what the Prosecutor’s Office and the public began calling a ‘real estate cartel,’ because it was a group of 10 or 15 armed individuals who stayed there,” he stated.
He indicated that this is because the Civil Code “deals with a concept, prescription, which is the loss of rights due to the passage of time,” and he attributes this to lawyers and individuals who “have abused the good faith of the judges.”
As he explained, people resort to a prescription lawsuit to get a judge to order the public registry of property to register their property. Subsequently, they request the cadastral code from the land registry, which establishes that the property belongs to someone.
“In our opinion, the fact that a certain lawyer files these types of lawsuits does complicate things for the judge. The judge isn’t an investigator; they’re not going to question you. Obviously, if you see that your lawsuit takes two days and the ruling comes five days later, then you think, ‘Something’s fishy here,’” he said.
Alejandro Isaac Fragozo López reiterated that although it’s a commonly used procedure, the problem, in the case of the Judiciary, lies in the speed with which judges resolve cases.
He explained that the “fraud” comes precisely from those “who call themselves lawyers, because they aren’t, even if they have their license, they aren’t,” since they are the ones who carry out these procedures, deceiving people.
The Chief Justice of the Judiciary stated that no discussions have been held to address the legal loopholes in the law regarding statute of limitations cases, but that coordination among authorities is crucial to resolving the issue.
Currently, the State Attorney General’s Office (FGE) has arrested four individuals, all members of a real estate cartel that operated using armored vehicles and armed men.
These men threatened residents of the Laderas del Mar residential development and violently seized the security booth through a private security company owned by Christian Pablo, identified as the leader of the real estate cartel along with his accomplice, Emmanuel.
Source: puntonorte.info
