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
- FEBRUARY 19, 2004MexicoDEATH PENALTY
President Vicente Fox proposed writing the death penalty...
President Vicente Fox proposed writing the death penalty out of Mexican law
- DECEMBER 15, 2003MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Mexico accused the United States at an International...
Mexico accused the United States at an International Court of Justice hearing on of violating international law over its treatment of more than 50 Mexican nationals on death row
- NOVEMBER 22, 2003MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Heron Varela Flores, a Mexican soldier facing the death...
Heron Varela Flores, a Mexican soldier facing the death penalty for killing a superior, rejected a decision by President Vicente Fox to spare his life
- NOVEMBER 21, 2003MexicoDEATH PENALTY
The Mexican armed forces announced that they were in...
The Mexican armed forces announced that they were in favour of formally ending the use of the death penalty in their country - where no one has been executed since 1942 - and of adjusting military law to modern times
- NOVEMBER 19, 2003MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Mexican President Vicente Fox's office said he would...
Mexican President Vicente Fox's office said he would reject the death penalty handed down by a military court against Heron Varela Flores, a 24-year-old lieutenant found guilty in a court martial of murdering a senior officer
- NOVEMBER 18, 2003MexicoDEATH PENALTY
The US Supreme Court declined to review the case of...
The US Supreme Court declined to review the case of Osbaldo Torres, a Mexican national facing execution in the US state of Oklahoma, who claimed he did not get consular assistance as required by international law
- NOVEMBER 18, 2003MexicoDEATH PENALTY
The US Supreme Court declined to review the case of...
The US Supreme Court declined to review the case of Osbaldo Torres, a Mexican national facing execution in the US state of Oklahoma, who claimed he did not get consular assistance as required by international law
- NOVEMBER 14, 2003MexicoDEATH PENALTY
A Mexican court-martial condemned Second Lt
A Mexican court-martial condemned Second Lt
- APRIL 24, 2003MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Mexico was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the resolution...
Mexico was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- MARCH 18, 2003MexicoDEATH PENALTY
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- FEBRUARY 17, 2003MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Politicians in Mexico's most populous state vowed to...
Politicians in Mexico's most populous state vowed to push ahead with a plan to institute the death penalty despite questionable public support and strong opposition from human rights groups, the president and the Roman Catholic Church
- FEBRUARY 16, 2003MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Mexican President Vicente Fox said that he is against...
Mexican President Vicente Fox said that he is against the death penalty and the referendum for its restoration called by two Mexican political parties in Mexico state