Passes Unanimous Anti-Extortion Ruling in the Senate

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The Chamber of Deputies approved on Wednesday the Constitutional Indictment against the former Minister of...

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Last night in the Senate the minute of the new General Law to Prevent, Investigate and Punish Extortion Offences, with a criminal base type for this crime of high impact in the country, will be prosecuted ex officio, with protection to the victims, who will be able to file anonymous complaints.

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With changes to 15 articles, the joint committees of Legislative Studies and Justice of the Senate unanimously approved the opinion for the General Law to Prevent, Investigate and Punish Extortion Crimes, and modifications to others; it is expected that today it will be approved in plenary.Javier Corral, president of the Justice Commission, explained that the sense of the law is to approve a basic type of sanctions for those who do not have the …

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Mexico City.- The seriousness of the "cancer" represented by the extortion favored unanimous support for the General Law to Prevent, Investigate and Punish this crime within the joint commissions of Justice and Legislative Studies of the Senate of the Republic. Senators made changes in at least 15 articles to the minute they received almost a month ago from the Chamber of Deputies, to prevent the release of convicted criminals and to encourage t…

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Senate committees endorsed the General Act to Prevent, Investigate and Punish Extorsi n.

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The Senate plenary unanimously endorsed with 110 votes the General Act to Prevent, Investigate and Punish Extortion Offences, which establishes a single type of criminal offence for the whole country and sanctions ranging from 15 to 42 years of imprisonment. The amended opinion in committees regarding the minute sent by the Chamber of Deputies brought changes to 25 articles and raised the basic criminal rate from 15 to 25 years of imprisonment, …