US EditionExtortion Law Passed in September, Says Monreal
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Mexico City.- The coordinator of the Morena deputies, Ricardo Monreal, indicated that it will be the month of September when they will prosecute the constitutional reform announced this morning by President Claudia Sheinbaum in the matter of extortion. Monreal ruled out an extraordinary period to prosecute the reform that, he said, has not yet been referred to the Permanent Commission. He said that these modifications would be added to the list …
The president, Claudia Sheinbaum, announced this Tuesday that she will send Congress a general law against extortion so that the 32 states of the country will pursue this crime in a homologated manner. With the changes, the crime will be investigated ex officio, that is, without the need for a clearly identified whistleblower, which seeks to reduce the risks to the victims. In addition, the units within the prosecutors’ offices that specialize i…
Sheinbaum notes that with the modification of the Constitution, the extortion is prosecuted ex officio, after presenting a national strategy.
During the session that will begin in September, Morena will present as a priority a reform to article 73 of the Constitution, so that Congress can legislate on extortion, since it is a crime that “affects all sectors, from entrepreneurs to housewives and informal traders”, and that has an impact on consumer prices.
Sheinbaum sent a legislative initiative to ensure that the extortion complaint does not fall on the victim. She enabled the 089 hotline for investigation. Regeneración, July 8, […] The post Let extortion be prosecuted ex officio: Sheinbaum was first published on RegeneraciónMX.
On July 8, 2025, President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo announced that she would send a constitutional reform initiative to the Chamber of Deputies of the Congress of the Union to empower the Federal Legislature to enact a General Law against Extortion, which would seek to prosecute this crime throughout the country. During her morning press conference… Source
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