Overview
- Arriaga posted on X between July 16 and 17 that he is offering his Ciudad Juárez home for quick sale because he has not received his SEP severance for over six months and can no longer cover mortgage interest.
- Multiple outlets report that Arriaga wrote he would rather give the house away than let Banco Santander remate it, but the bank has not been quoted and the threat of foreclosure has not been independently confirmed.
- Public patrimonial records filed in Declaranet show Arriaga bought the Ciudad Juárez house in 2011 with a mortgage priced at 1,355,000 pesos and that his past declarations recorded high annual net income alongside card debts.
- Reporting notes a backdrop of controversy: Arriaga led the redesign of free school textbooks, faced workplace allegations tied to his office in 2025, and staged a widely covered atrincheramiento after his February 2026 removal.
- If the SEP’s payment delay is confirmed, the dispute could prompt legal claims over unpaid severance and raise questions about how the ministry handles post‑employment obligations for senior officials.