Overview
- Amnesty International urged senators to open a public process with families and civil groups to strengthen the draft, saying the bill is progress but will only work if it reflects victims’ experiences.
- The proposal would make prosecutors treat any violent death of a woman as feminicide from the start and keep inquiries running with continuous investigation shifts.
- It seeks one national playbook for investigations and sets heavy prison terms of 40 to 70 years, listing nine gender-based reasons and 21 aggravating factors such as the victim’s age, disability, or if the crime occurred in front of children.
- Mexican advocacy groups say the core problem is weak enforcement of existing laws and court-ordered standards, and they want direct talks with officials and victims’ families to fix the bottlenecks.
- Inter-American Court rulings from the 2009 Campo Algodonero case through decisions in 2021, 2025, and 2026 require Mexico to harmonize investigations, which now frames what the Senate must deliver.