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
MARCH 18, 2005MexicoDEATH PENALTYMEXICO. SENATE VOTES TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
the Mexican Senate voted overwhelmingly to explicitly forbid the death penalty, which had not been imposed in the country since 1961.
MARCH 4, 2005MexicoDEATH PENALTYUS. BUSH ORDERS COURTS TO GIVE FOREIGN NATIONALS ON DEATH ROW FURTHER REVIEW
the White House has ordered state courts to consider the complaints of 51 Mexican foreign nationals on death row in the United States, International Herald Tribune reported.
- AUGUST 9, 2004MexicoDEATH PENALTY
outrage over growing violent crimes had led to...
outrage over growing violent crimes had led to...
- JULY 19, 2004MexicoDEATH PENALTY
The European Union, former US president Jimmy Carter...
The European Union, former US president Jimmy Carter and the ex president of the former Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev called on the US Supreme Court to end the death penalty for offenders younger than 18 at the time of their crimes
- JUNE 29, 2004MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Mexico's attorney general called for Congress to study...
Mexico's attorney general called for Congress to study reinstituting the death penalty in the country, a day after hundreds of thousands of Mexicans filled the streets of Mexico City to protest a rising tide of kidnappings, theft and corruption
- JUNE 25, 2004MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Texas Governor Rick Perry vowed to review the cases...
Texas Governor Rick Perry vowed to review the cases of at least 16 Mexicans on death row in Texas
- JUNE 24, 2004MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Mexican President Vicente Fox said he opposed the application...
Mexican President Vicente Fox said he opposed the application of the death penalty for kidnappers and claimed his government was decisively combating crime
- MAY 14, 2004MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Mexican President Vicente Fox welcomed the decision...
Mexican President Vicente Fox welcomed the decision by the governor of Oklahoma Brad Henry commuting the death sentence of Mexican citizen Osvaldo Torres who had been scheduled to die next on May 18 for the murders of a man and woman during a burglary
- MAY 6, 2004MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International sent letters to the Oklahoma...
Amnesty International sent letters to the Oklahoma Attorney General, Drew Edmonson and the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board urging them to demonstrate their respect for justice and human life by recommending clemency for Osvaldo Torres to Governor Henry a
- MAY 2, 2004MexicoDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that relatives of Osvaldo Torres, a...
It was reported that relatives of Osvaldo Torres, a Mexican awaiting execution in the US state of Oklahoma, would submit 12,500 signatures to the Prison Pardons Board on his behalf to strengthen their plea for a stay of execution
- MAY 2, 2004MexicoDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that relatives of Osvaldo Torres, a...
It was reported that relatives of Osvaldo Torres, a Mexican awaiting execution in the US state of Oklahoma, would submit 12,500 signatures to the Prison Pardons Board on his behalf to strengthen their plea for a stay of execution
- APRIL 29, 2004MexicoDEATH PENALTY
With Mexican convict Osvaldo Torres set to be put to...
With Mexican convict Osvaldo Torres set to be put to death in the US state of Oklahoma in three weeks, his family and local politicians, buoyed by a ruling from the International Court of Justice, began stepping up activities they hoped would prevent the