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The prison was built between 1988 and 1990 under President Carlos Salinas de Gortari and received its first inmates in November 1991. [4] [5] Of significant concern to Mexican authorities is the risk that the prison could be attacked from the outside as part of an organized prison break. [6]
The 2024 Mexican judicial reform is a series of constitutional amendments that restructured the judiciary of Mexico. [1] The reform replaced Mexico's appointment-based system for selecting judges with one where judges, pre-selected by Congress, are elected by popular vote, with each judge serving a renewable nine-year term.
Mexico's Senate on Wednesday approved a judicial reform that has fueled a court workers' strike, strained relations with the United States and triggered market volatility in Latin America's second ...
Mexico's prison population had grown 4.4% under Lopez Obrador by 2021 from the year before, reaching 204,360, according to national statistics agency INEGI.
Belem Prison was located in Mexico City, Mexico and operated from 1886 until the early 1930s. The building was originally used by the Church and was confiscated during the Liberal Reform in 1857. The prison was replaced as the main prison by Lecumberri prison, becoming the equivalent of a county or city jail. It housed many well-known criminals ...
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Lawmakers in Mexico's lower house of Congress approved in general terms a sweeping judicial reform in a committee vote late on Monday, paving the way for a final debate when ...
La Mesa State Penitentiary is a prison in La Mesa, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. It is considered "one of the most notorious prisons in Latin America". [1] The prison was built for 2,000 inmates and had 2,500 inmates in the 1990s, but the number increased to over 7,000 by the 2010s. [2] Prisoners have committed offenses ranging from theft ...
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexico's Senate gave general approval early Wednesday to a sweeping judicial reform that will overhaul the country's judiciary by electing judges by popular vote, a profound ...