Overview
- Lawmakers voted unanimously to pass a coordinated reform package that updates several crimes in the local penal code.
- Prison terms for despojo rise to a maximum of 11 years, with a reported fine of up to 200,000 UMA when a property is taken by physical or moral violence.
- Penalties increase to 7–11 years when victims are seniors, people with disabilities, minors, pregnant women or members of indigenous communities, with additional aggravating circumstances specified.
- The law adds enforcement tools by criminalizing tactics such as simulation of legal acts and identity impersonation, and it punishes continued occupation after an authority orders a property vacated.
- The package also broadens the offense of threats, including gender-based and digital forms, and raises sanctions for asociación delictuosa to 5–10 years, or 10–15 years when members commit crimes such as robbery, extortion or homicide.