VERACRUZ.— With 44 votes in favour, the Congress of Veracruz approved various legal reforms to better combat cattle theft in the entity, which owns one of the largest herd farmers in Mexico. The local deputies reformed various provisions of the Penal Code to reclassify the crime of abigeate and criminalize the illegal trafficking of cattle; this seeks to inhibit the commission of the crime, strengthen its criminal prosecution and ensure that the…
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VERACRUZ.— With 44 votes in favour, the Congress of Veracruz approved various legal reforms to better combat cattle theft in the entity, which owns one of the largest herd farmers in Mexico. The local deputies reformed various provisions of the Penal Code to reclassify the crime of abigeate and criminalize the illegal trafficking of cattle; this seeks to inhibit the commission of the crime, strengthen its criminal prosecution and ensure that the…