Overview
- Minister Giovanni Figueroa Mejía has placed before the Court a project for a general declaration of unconstitutionality targeting the 2020 change to the Victims Law.
- The proposal would expel Article 132, fraction I, including the provision that lets the CEAV receive proceeds from the sale of goods seized in criminal cases.
- The then-First Chamber ruled in March 2024 that eliminating the minimum budget was unconstitutional, yet the reform remains in force because Congress did not amend the law.
- Before the 2020 reform, the law guaranteed at least 0.014% of the programmatic federal budget for victim assistance and reparations, a safeguard the minister characterizes as regressively removed.
- Centro Prodh and Fundar cite persistent shortfalls—658 million pesos in 2025 versus about 909 million needed, and 692 million projected in 2026 versus roughly 913 million—arguing the gap has hindered timely assistance and full reparations.