Overview
- The Chamber of Deputies confirmed receipt of the initiative and published the text in the Gaceta Parlamentaria.
- Kenia López Rabadán said the package was sent by President Claudia Sheinbaum through Interior Secretary Rosa Icela Rodríguez.
- The draft sets penalties of 6 to 15 years in prison plus fines, with higher punishments under 34 categorized aggravating circumstances such as “cobro de piso,” price imposition and use of the financial system.
- It mandates ex officio prosecution, aims to harmonize definitions across the Republic, strengthens victim protections and investigative tools, and proposes aligning related federal statutes.
- Deputies indicated the document will be turned to commissions in the Oct. 21 ordinary session, citing official data that extortion incidents have increased 58% since 2018.