Mexico NGO's Condemn Reform of Law Regulating Detentions Without Criminal Charges Milenio
go to original May 4, 2013

Civil society organizations condemned the constitutional amendments to arraigo [police detention of people without filing criminal charges with a judge]. They say that lawmakers seek to pass a reform that inadvertently will have serious repercussions on the observance of human rights in Mexico.

They explained that the Public Ministry [investigative police and prosecutors] will be allowed to retain alleged perpetrators of organized crime for up to seven days and those suspected of other serious crimes for up to five days without being brought before a judge.

Currently, retention can lasts from two to four days and is a process that "encourages and facilitates human rights violations by the ministerial authorities, such as the fabrication of evidence and abuse, including torture."

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