Imoveqroo’s Fake License Scandal Exposed

CHETUMAL — A new corruption scheme is shaking the Quintana Roo Institute of Mobility (Imoveqroo), where at least three employees allegedly set up a clandestine operation to issue false driver's licenses to citizens seeking to avoid lines, exams, and formal procedures.

The testimonies are consistent: a photo against a white wall, a signature on a blank sheet of paper, and 1,800 pesos were enough to receive an apparently valid document delivered to one's door—until authorities noticed it did not exist in the system.

The number of affected individuals could be in the dozens, perhaps more, according to sources close to the institute, as the same modus operandi was offered to various citizens for months. The delivered licenses—which appear authentic at first glance—are not registered in the official database, do not generate a digital license, and lack any administrative backing. In essence, they are illegal documents issued from within the very institution responsible for regulating mobility and legality in the state.

The most serious issue, according to dissenting employees, is the secrecy with which the Quintana Roo government has handled the case. The internal instruction is to prevent the scandal from becoming public and exposing Imoveqroo once again as one of the government agencies with the most extensive history of corruption.

Meanwhile, the defrauded citizens are left defenseless, having paid for a document that does not exist and, for all legal purposes, are now driving without a license.

This incident erupts just as Imoveqroo is engaged in a public struggle with the State Transit Directorate and municipal authorities over control of the revenue from upcoming traffic camera fines, another initiative brought to the agency by its Yucatán-born director, Rafael Hernández Kotasek.

Amid this debate over power and revenue collection, the agency suffers another blow to its credibility. The affected individuals await answers, but so far, the only constant has been official silence.