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The Vatican has made numerous statements criticizing capital punishment, and this may be a factor in the debate in Mexico. In 2003, the State of Mexico voted in a nonbinding referendum regarding the death penalty. 82% of the 806,416 people who voted, voted Yes for the death penalty on crimes of murder, kidnapping, child theft and violent assaults.
The last non-military execution in Mexico was in June 1957 in the State of Sonora, where two men charged with child rape and murder were executed by firing squad, and the last military execution was in 1961, [1] with the civil death penalty being abolished in 1976 and the military death penalty in 2005. The next list is representative and ...
Capital punishment is retained in law by 55 UN member states or observer states, with 140 having abolished it in law or in practice.The most recent legal executions performed by nations and other entities with criminal law jurisdiction over the people present within its boundaries are listed below.
The National Institute of Statistic and Geography released information of homicides for the 32 federal states of Mexico. In the year 2011 there were 27,199 homicides in Mexico. The state of Chihuahua ranked number one with the most homicides in the country, the least was Baja California Sur. For Mexico there were 24 homicides for every 100,000 ...
Constitution of 1853 states "The penalty of death for political offences, all kinds of torture, and flogging, are forever abolished." [153] And was completely abolished by the Penal Code of 30 April 1922. [154] Despite this it was reinstated on several occasions: Between 6 September 1930 by martial law until 20 February 1932. [154]
Chapultepec, Mexico City: 50 50 surrendered Irish volunteers who fought as part of the Mexican Army against the United States in the Mexican–American War, collectively known as Saint Patrick's battalion were killed by the U.S. Army. Massacre at Janos: March 5, 1851 Janos, Chihuahua Unknown Crabb massacre: April 1–8, 1857 Caborca, Sonora: 84
Due to Mexico's stance on the death penalty, as part of the agreement for extradition, prosecutors could not pursue the death penalty and instead pursued life in prison. June 7, 2019, it took the jury only 20 minutes to return a guilty verdict for Delgado. [ 18 ]
Maria Guadalupe Lopez Esquival "La Catrina", 21, leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) in Tepalcatepec, Michoacan was killed in a gun battle with state and federal security forces in the area in January 2020.