Security & Strategic Review October 2010 (ISSN 1741-4202)

MEXICO: Penalties for kidnapping are stiffened

Mexico & Nafta 05 November 2010 Modified: 05 November 2010 370 views

On 7 October, within days of two major kidnapping cases, the lower chamber of Mexico's congress approved a new law that establishes stiffer penalties for kidnapping, which the chamber had been debating since April, when the bill was passed by the senate.

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