http://www.nationalnotary.org/bulletin/bulletin_articles/nationwide_matricula_card_debate.htmlThe FBI and Justice Department have cited a number of problems with Matricula cards:
•The government of Mexico has no centralized database to coordinate the issuance of consular ID cards. This allows multiple cards to be issued under the same name, the same address, or with the same photograph.
•The cards are issued to anyone who can produce a Mexican birth certificate and one other form of identity, including documents of very low reliability. Mexican birth certificates are easy to forge and a major item of the fraudulent document trade currently flourishing across the country and around the world.
Some Mexican consulates issue Matricula cards to individuals unable to produce any documents whatsoever. In those cases, applicants complete a questionnaire that establishes their identity.
•The Matricula is vulnerable to forgery, and many of the estimated 2 million in circulation are simply laminated cards without security features.