Lawmaker told court her mom had dementia in family property battle. Not so, said doctors

So the 76-year-old showed up impeccably dressed for her final exam with a neuropsychologist in September 2018, according to court records. Ávila Farías would not comment on details of the case, citing a confidentiality agreement that was part of the case’s settlement. In August 2008, Ávila Farías and her husband gifted the three properties to the lawmaker’s mother, Ávila Bugarin, property records show. Ávila Bugarin told the court investigator she also learned that her daughter had taken out loans against the family home. Yet, three and a half years earlier, Ávila Farías told the Fair Political Practices Commission a completely different story.