translated from Spanish: Give 12 years for child abduction

Mexico.- The Chamber of Deputies approved imposing a prison of four to 12 years, and 200 to a thousand days of fine, to those who, without having a relationship of kinship or guardianship of a minor or an incapable, will abduct him, hold hide ucult outside the federal entity where he resides. The reform to various provisions of the Federal Criminal Code and the Organic Law of the Judiciary of the Federation was approved with 440 votes in favor.
The proposal, which was discussed in response to the case of the seven-year-old Fatima girl, who was picked up from school by a person other than her family and days later was found lifeless in a plastic bag, took turns to the Senate of the República.La precise modification that, if the crime is carried out against a girl or child under the age of 12, the penalties provided will be increased by half. The same penalty is also provided if the child is taken out of the national territory. When the active subject spontaneously returns the infant within 24 hours of the commission of the crime, a third of the sanctions indicated shall be imposed. The reform indicates that five to 10 years in prison, and 500 to one thousand days of fine, to the ancestor, descendant, spouse, collateral relative or related to the fourth degree, to anyone who abducts or conceals a minor outside the entity where he resides and who does not exercise by court decision parental authority, guardianship or custody and custody. In addition, the parent guilty of this conduct shall be barged for the exercise of parental authority, for the time of three to 10 years. These penalties will be increased by half to a spouse who abducts, retains, or conceals an underage child, in order to force the other spouse to give, do, or stop doing something. The opinion defines that the abduction is the transfer of a child from his or her habitual environment or place of residence without the consent of the person exercising the custody and custody of custody, parental authority or guardianship naturally or by the mandate of the competent authority. It points out that it is understood as retention, the action and effect of preventing the minor or incapable from leaving, or moving to the place where it is usually established, without just cause or order of competent authority. Concealment is defined as the action of hindering or preventing the communication and/or coexistence of the child with the person who exercises the custody and custody of the custody and guardianship of the child naturally or by the mandate of the competent authority. In the rostrum, MeP María Elizabeth Díaz García noted that these behaviors violate the vital balance of the infant and alter their emotional, social and cultural conditions.
They are an attack on their human rights to live as a family, to have a healthy integral development and a life free of violence,” morena’s lawmaker said.

He mentioned that these behaviors are not only committed by family members, but also organized crime groups dedicated to human trafficking.



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