Mexico City, Nov 28, 2024 (AFP) - Mexico's Senate approves reforms to expand pre-trial imprisonment

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2024-11-28

Mexico's Senate approved on Wednesday of constitutional reforms that would expand the use of mandatory pre-trial detention to cover more crimes, legislation that has faced criticism from the United Nations. Currently, Mexico's constitution allows for "preventative imprisonment" -- or detention pending trial and sentencing -- of people accused of crimes including femicide, organized crime, kidnapping and human trafficking. But the government has......

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