“He assumed the trust was an inactive holding fund owned by distant institutional investors who never looked at land registry filings in Jalisco.”

I looked at the bold black ink of my ex-husband’s signature sitting right beside the gold embossed seal of Mendoza Development.

“How much corporate debt did he tie to that signature?” I asked.

“Twelve million pesos,” Samuel said, his voice steady and precise.

“Cross-collateralized against the commercial ground rights of your late father’s estate.”

“And because our divorce decree is signed,” I said, “the lease agreement automatically defaults.”

“It defaults instantly,” Samuel corrected.