Overview
- The Chamber of Deputies formally received the presidential initiative, published it in the Gaceta Parlamentaria, and is set to refer it to commissions for analysis on October 21.
- The proposal was sent by President Claudia Sheinbaum through Interior Secretary Rosa Icela Rodríguez, according to the Chamber’s leadership.
- The draft law makes extortion prosecutable ex officio and sets base penalties of 6 to 15 years in prison with fines, with three tiers of aggravating factors that cover practices such as cobro de piso, use of the financial system, targeting migrants or minors, involvement of public servants, violence, and staged traffic crashes.
- The initiative elevates the 089 anonymous reporting mechanism into law and requires prosecutors to open investigations upon learning of an alleged offense.
- The package mandates harmonization across key federal statutes and targets prison‑based schemes by penalizing the introduction of electronics and requiring signal‑blocking systems, citing a documented 58% rise in reported extortion since 2018.