Attorney General, Francisco Dominguez Brito, ordered all the District Attorneys in the country to act immediately to vacate private properties taken over by squatters. The AG said that squatters cannot be given time to claim rights because the violation of private property is a serious problem in this country. That is why the justice department must act immediately to vacate the affected properties because as more time is given to the squatters, the case becomes more of a problem, he added. According to El Caribe, the AG stated that criminals take over private property claiming that they have families to look after and don’t have a place to live. Some also claim that the land is owned by the state and consequently they have a right to live there, without considering the documentation that may be presented by the real owners.