Historical low in homicides: 46% less in Sheinbaum’s government

President Claudia Sheinbaum announced that this weekend she will tour Quintana Roo. The trip includes three central themes: the Jaguar Park in Tulum, the strategy against sargassum and the progress of the Mayan Cargo Train.

Jaguar Park in Tulum

Sheinbaum will meet with federal authorities, hoteliers and merchants to resolve pending problems in the area. Despite the work of the Secretary of the Environment, Alicia Bárcena, Conanp and the Mundo Maya company, there are still unresolved issues. The president stated:

“We are going to see exactly what is happening and there with all the institutions we are going to solve it, talk to the hoteliers, with the merchants to see how we solve it.”

Strategy against sargassum in Cancún

The second point is the increase in sargassum, a phenomenon aggravated by ocean temperatures. The federal government has a comprehensive diagnosis and proposal: collect it at sea and recycle it. Sheinbaum explained:

“We already have a solution, but we are going to observe the problem, see where there is the greatest amount of sargassum and provide a comprehensive solution that has to do with fishing at sea and subsequent recycling.”

On Sunday he will offer a conference from Cancun to detail the strategy.

Progress of the Mayan Cargo Train

As a third point, he will supervise the locomotives of the Mayan Freight Train, which have already arrived. “We are going to visit the locomotives and how the Mayan Freight Train is going,” he said. Friday’s morning conference will be held in Tulum to report on the actions.

Violence in Sinaloa: five women died in one week

CULIACAN, Sin. — A new armed attack claimed the life of a 60-year-old woman in Mazatlán. Blanca “N” was attacked by two people on a motorcycle while she was sitting outside her home, in the Gabriel Leyva neighborhood. With this fact, there are five women who have died violently in less than seven days in the entity.

The State Attorney General’s Office reports that the homicides occurred in the municipalities of Culiacán, Mazatlán and Navolato. Among the victims is a 17-year-old teenager, which underlines the vulnerability of different age groups.

Details of recent cases

The attack on Blanca “N” occurred in Alvarez Alley. The attackers arrived on a motorcycle, parked in front of the house and, without saying a word, shot him repeatedly.

A day before, in Culiacán, in the Los Huertos neighborhood, a 17-year-old teenager was shot inside her bedroom by armed people who violently entered the home. She was taken to a hospital, where she died hours later.

In the Villa Juárez district office, Navolato, Yajaira “N”, 23 years old, was killed inside her home. Two armed individuals entered, attacked her and then fled.

Furthermore, last Monday, Ruby “N” was deprived of her life when she was sitting outside a flower shop on Álvaro Obregón Avenue, in the Tierra Blanca neighborhood of Culiacán. His attackers, also on a motorcycle, managed to escape.

In Mazatlán, the bodies of two brothers were located: Arlyn Angélica, 35 years old, and Miguel Ángel “N”, 37, both originally from Culiacán. They had traveled to the port to celebrate their birthdays and disappeared.

The authorities have not reported any arrests or specific lines of investigation. Civil organizations demand urgent actions to stop violence against women in Sinaloa.

President Claudia Sheinbaum signed and sent to Congress the General Law initiative to prevent, investigate, punish and repair the damage caused by feminicide. The objective is to guarantee zero impunity by standardizing mechanisms in all prosecutors’ offices in the country.

“This general law guarantees that all of this can be reduced as much as possible and that we really have zero impunity for femicides,” Sheinbaum said in the morning conference.

Details of the initiative

The legal advisor, Luisa María Alcalde, explained that the law classifies the crime as: “the person who deprives a woman of her life for reasons of gender commits the crime of feminicide.” 10 gender reasons are established, such as sexual violence, history of violence or power asymmetry. The penalty will be 50 to 70 years in prison, with 19 aggravating circumstances that increase it by half, including: pregnant victim, disabled victim, journalist, human rights defender, or acid attacks.

In addition to prison, the person responsible will lose inheritance rights, parental authority, guardianship and will be disqualified from public office. Absolute excuses, criteria of opportunity, conditional freedom and amnesties are prohibited. The crime and its reparation are imprescriptible.

Prevention and victims’ rights

The head of the Specialized Prosecutor’s Office, Maribel Bojorges, highlighted that the investigation must be carried out with a gender perspective, reinforced due diligence and context analysis. The specialized prosecutor’s offices will maintain procedural continuity until the execution of sanctions.

Undersecretary Ingrid Gómez pointed out that the law recognizes victims’ rights: access to the truth, emergency medical and psychological care, free legal assistance, and support for orphaned girls, boys, and adolescents. Repair of damage must be transformative, adequate and proportional. Awareness campaigns and a National Registry of Orphaned Minors due to Femicide will be created.

Sheinbaum recalled that feminicide has decreased 36% compared to 2021, but the goal is to eradicate it completely.