| Mexico Legislators Pass Reform to Reduce Period of Detention without Formal Charges Jesusa Cervantes - Proceso | |
| go to original May 2, 2013 |
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By a majority of votes, the Chamber of Deputies approved reducing the period of arraigo [detention without formal charges being filed] from 40 to 20 days and, when an extension is requested from the judicial authority, from 20 to 15 days.
The modifications were approved with 389 votes in favor, 32 against and 14 abstentions with the opposition of legislators of the Citizens' Movement (MC) and the Workers Party (PT), and some of the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), who supported the definitive elimination of this procedure created during the six-year term of Felipe Calderón.
With this decision, Article 16 of the Constitution pertaining to arraigo will be changed. [A majority of state congresses will have to approve it.]
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Translated by Alise Rule
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