Mexico
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- federal republic
- CONSTITUTION
- February 5, 1917
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- there are elements of the American system and Western democracies
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral, Senate and House of Deputies
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court of Justice, judges appointed by the President with the consent of the Senate
RELIGIONS
76.5% Catholics, 6.3% Protestants, other minorities
From the country
- JANUARY 1, 2003MexicoDEATH PENALTY
In January 2003, Mexico appealed to the International...
In January 2003, Mexico appealed to the International Court of Justice, at The Hague to stop the execution of 51 Mexican citizens on death row in the United States
- JANUARY 1, 2003MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Mexico's constitution allows the death penalty for...
Mexico's constitution allows the death penalty for certain crimes, but capital punishment cannot be applied, in fact, because it is not included in any state or federal code
- JANUARY 1, 2003MexicoDEATH PENALTY
No Mexican court has applied the death penalty since...
No Mexican court has applied the death penalty since the 1950s
- OCTOBER 22, 2002MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Former Mexican beauty queen Lupita Jones confirmed...
Former Mexican beauty queen Lupita Jones confirmed her country's participation in the Miss World 2002 beauty pageant, to be held in Nigeria
- OCTOBER 4, 2002MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Mexican officials said Arizona's decision not to pursue...
Mexican officials said Arizona's decision not to pursue the death penalty for a convicted Mexican killer was a victory
- AUGUST 17, 2002MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Hundreds turned out in the Mexican border town of Piedras...
Hundreds turned out in the Mexican border town of Piedras Negras for the funeral of a Mexican man executed in Texas [on August 14] for the 1988 killing of an undercover cop
- AUGUST 17, 2002MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Hundreds turned out in the Mexican border town of Piedras...
Hundreds turned out in the Mexican border town of Piedras Negras for the funeral of a Mexican man executed in Texas [on August 14] for the 1988 killing of an undercover cop
- AUGUST 13, 2002MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Mary Robinson appealed to US Secretary of State Colin...
Mary Robinson appealed to US Secretary of State Colin Powell to stay the execution of a Mexican prisoner due to die in Texas today
- JULY 14, 2002MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Mexican Army activity in the conflictive southern state...
Mexican Army activity in the conflictive southern state of Chiapas is intense and the reported withdrawal of soldiers has only taken place in highly visible areas, an Amnesty International official has told EFE
- JUNE 10, 2002MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Forty-four percent of all foreigners sentenced to death...
Forty-four percent of all foreigners sentenced to death in the United States are Mexican, officials said
- JUNE 7, 2002MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Survivors of a massacre perpetrated in 1998 in Mexico,...
Survivors of a massacre perpetrated in 1998 in Mexico, who also withstood prison time and torture, say they will not rest until the members of the military they accuse of the crimes are brought to justice
- MAY 15, 2002MexicoDEATH PENALTY
President Vicente Fox Quesada of Mexico, in an address...
President Vicente Fox Quesada of Mexico, in an address to the European Parliament welcomed the support from the EP in taking up the cases of citizens facing the death penalty and inparticular that of Gerardo Valdis whose life has now been saved