They seek to punish forced recruitment in Guanajuato with up to 140 years in prison

Guanajuato, Gto.- Federal deputy Alan Márquez Becerra said that forced recruitment needs to be classified as a crime with maximum penalty, in order to be able to start with preventive campaigns that allow to alert the population about misleading offers of work. Together with the PAN parliamentary group, the deputy promotes the initiative before the Congress of the Union since March 12, proposing the maximum penalty for those who force young peop…

Guadalajara, Jalisco. The PRI bench in Congress this Friday presented an initiative for the inclusion in the Federal Penal Code and the Trafficking in Persons Act, the crime of forced recruitment of minors. This initiative had already been presented on November 15, 2023, the then PRI deputy, Hortensia Noroña. However, the issue remained in the “freeze” in the Committee on Constitutional Points. The PRI parliamentary coordinator, María del Refugi…