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Mexico Prosecutors Approve National Firearms Criminal Registry as Interoperable System’s First Module

The move targets tighter gun traceability to bolster investigations.

Overview

  • The registry will serve as the inaugural module of the National Interoperable Information System and will be run through each office’s Information Analysis Units or equivalent areas.
  • Prosecutors committed to maintain data ingestion and information exchange with the Criminal Investigation Agency via the Federal Criminal Intelligence Center to support firearm tracing.
  • The assembly agreed to implement an updated methodology for intentional-homicide data to ensure completeness in daily reporting.
  • Members pledged to consolidate statistics required by the National Justice Procurement Statistical System and to strengthen institutional data systems with support from the FGR and INEGI.
  • Delegates acknowledged a collaboration proposal from the Secretariat for Women to improve coordination across all 32 states with a gender and intersectional perspective.