Overview
- Mexico's Senate, which voted 109–0 on Wednesday, approved a change to Article 73 that lets Congress write a General Law on feminicide.
- The draft envisions a uniform crime definition, mandatory start-of-case feminicide probes in every violent female death, 40–70 year prison terms, and support for indirect victims such as orphaned children.
- The Senate sent the measure to the Chamber of Deputies, and final enactment would still require approval by state legislatures.
- President Claudia Sheinbaum said the goal is to reduce impunity by expanding Mexico City's investigative approach nationwide, citing a 14.9% drop in recorded feminicide during this term.
- Civil groups report 26,600 women killed since 2018 but only 6,781 cases classified as feminicide, and lawmakers and researchers warn that poor data and scarce budgets could blunt the law's impact.