Overview
- The government, which announced the policy at a Cuitláhuac event on Friday, said it will keep a zero-tolerance stance against despojo and present additional actions on Wednesday to strengthen rapid response to complaints.
- Officials credited the Gabinete contra el Despojo and recent legal reforms with reclassifying aggravated despojo as a serious crime punishable by up to 23 years in prison to give prosecutors stronger tools.
- City authorities report nearly 300 recovered homes through restitutions and seizures that returned properties to their rightful owners as part of the enforcement effort.
- The administration will continue operating a specialized telephone line and maintain permanent coordination with the Fiscalía to receive complaints and trigger immediate investigations.
- The strategy pairs law enforcement with prevention through the Otoch housing program, which invested about 1,200 million pesos over two years in 4,388 complexes to improve lighting, repairs, and resident organization that officials say make illegal takeovers harder and easier to detect.