The Justice Commission of the Chamber of Deputies endorsed the opinion to issue the General Law on Extortion.
General Extortion Law advances with a majority
With 25 votes in favor 3 abstentions the opinion advanced to be discussed on Wednesday in the plenary session of San Lázaro.
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It should be noted that the session in the commission was carried out in person by all parliamentary groups.
Upon becoming known that Cuauhtémoc Blanco Bravo He connected playing paddle tennis to the meeting of the Budget Commission, the absence of deputies in the plenary session of San Lázaro to go dancing for the 70 years of Sonora Santanera.
Endorsed opinion
Just like on Thursday, October 23, only one deputy of the 58 members of the Budget Commission attended, where the opinion of the initiative of the General Extortion Law was approved.
Said endorsed opinion empowers the Congress of the Union to issue a general law that establishes, at a minimum, a single criminal type of the crime of extortion applicable to the entire country, standardizes its sanctions, makes visible the main modalities of its commission through aggravating factors and classifies criminal conduct.
With this, the General Law to Prevent, Investigate and Punish Crimes related to Extortion, regulations of section XXI of article 73 of the Political Constitution.
As well as various provisions of the Federal Penal Code, the National Code of Criminal Procedures, the Federal Law against Organized Crime, the National Law of Asset Forfeiture and the Organic Law of the Judicial Branch of the Federation.
During the discussion of the ruling, the opposition and ruling party deputies remembered the lemon leader Bernardo Díaz, who was a victim of the extortion that exists in the country.
Meanwhile, the reform provides legal tools so that the authorities of the three levels of government can effectively prevent extortion, use specific investigation techniques, implement protection and assistance measures for victims, witnesses and offended parties, and efficiently coordinate their efforts.
Distribution of powers and coordination with authorities
It seeks to establish the distribution of powers and forms of coordination between the authorities of the different levels of government for the prevention, investigation, prosecution and punishment of the crime of extortion and other related crimes; the basic criminal offense for the crime of extortion applicable to the entire Republic, its sanctions and aggravating circumstances, as well as other crimes related to extortion.
Also, the rules, procedures and provisions for the investigation, prosecution, sanction and criminal execution of the crime of extortion, or the transversal and inter-institutional actions, programs and policies that the authorities must implement in their areas of competence, for the effective prevention of the crime of extortion.
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