D.A. King, an anti-illegal immigration activist and a U.S. citizen, obtained three MatrĂ*culas with his picture, and widely publicized one of them across the internet to illustrate the problems he sees with the document. The card in question bears the name "Al Qaida Gonzalez."[6]

Bruce DeCell, a retired New York City police officer who lost a son-in-law in 9/11, obtained a forged MatrĂ*cula with his name, and successfully used it as identification to enter the headquarters of the Department of Homeland Security. DeCell's card, which he obtained from a street vendor in California, gives his address as "123 Fraud Blvd." in "Staton Island", New York, and his birthplace as "Tijiuna", B.C.[7]