App re-purchased instead of updated

Hi everyone,
Yesterday I received a notice from PayPal for a $4.99 charge from iTunes. I had not purchased anything from iTunes so I thought I was hacked and put in a complaint through PayPal and changed both my AppleID and PayPal login info to be safe.
Then today I received an invoice from iTunes for an app I purchased in June! This is an app that I updated about 3 or 4 days ago that I bought in JUNE under a different Apple ID.
OK, first, why do I have two Apple IDs? Well, I used to live in the US, and had purchased apps for my iPad with the US AppleID. Then I moved to Mexico and needed to purchase from the Mexico store in pesos.
I purchased the app Procreate from the Mexico App store in June. However, I have my iPad App store set up with the old US ID because most of the apps installed are from the old ID.
Fast forward to my latest update of the only software I have with the new ID: I don't recall what Apple ID showed up (I have seen some threads where the wrong Apple ID comes up for an app), but the button clearly said install update, not purchase app! My password was the same for both AppleIDs, so maybe it prompted me for the wrong ID...
However, I ALSO have apps on my iPad that are installed with my dad's Apple ID since I inherited the iPad from him when he died, and I've never had a problem updating those. It switches back from my dad's Apple ID to mine for every other update.
I contacted Apple support asking for a refund and they have denied it. They also have not been able to answer how to prevent this from happening in the future. I do NOT want to repurchase everything I already legitimately paid for!
Any ideas?
Thanks.

This is the customer representative's latest answer:
"For the charges bill applied on both [Apple ID and other Apple ID] have found out that this is that this is not a duplicate charge. What had happen is that "Procreate" – Sketch, paint, create, was purchased from the Mexico Store, and then when you're in the US you purchase it again from the US store.
When you change countries you are unable to update an App that was purchased form another country.
Content purchased from the iTunes Store is country-specific. If you wish to upgrade any of your iTunes Store content to iTunes Plus, you'll need to do this before you change countries. The content you purchased while your account was set to the previous country will not be eligible for upgrade once you've changed countries."
Sooo... this is entirely wrong because:
1. I have just updated a bunch of my US store bought apps while signed in to the Mexico store and in Mexico.
2. It is impossible to buy an app that you already have installed on your iPad even if you switch to a different country's store. The button is greyed out and says "Installed". If there is an update it only say "Update".

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