Overview
- Criminal complaints or dismissals this year target 21 INE employees linked to irregular entries, altered documents and identity usurpation across eight states.
- In Guanajuato, two officials made 19 irregular system entries, leading to a formal complaint filed with the Electoral Crimes Prosecutor in May.
- A Sinaloa case found an employee allowed a local candidate to register using altered documents and another person's name despite required identity checks.
- INE underscores that registry information is legally confidential and covers roughly 100 million Mexicans whose data must be protected.
- The institute warns the biometric CURP framework lacks defined limits and mechanisms for access and could erode privacy, depress participation and harm electoral legitimacy.