Mexico
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
Data card
- Legal status
- Abolitionist
- Executions recorded in 2026
- 0
- Executions recorded in 2025
- 0
- First news item in the archive
- JANUARY 1, 1999 · The Constitution of the United States of Mexico (1971)...
- News items in the archive
- 142
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Mexico is classified as Abolitionist in the Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026. In 2026 the association recorded 0 executions in the country, against 0 the year before. The archive holds 142 news items on Mexico, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
- 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
- FEBRUARY 16, 2003MexicoDEATH PENALTY
A proposal to institute the death penalty in Mexico's...
A proposal to institute the death penalty in Mexico's largest state was overwhelmingly approved by voters during a nonbinding referendum, but voter turnout was not as high as organizers had hoped
- FEBRUARY 10, 2003MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Oklahoma said it would proceed with plans to execute...
Oklahoma said it would proceed with plans to execute a Mexican national, delaying for the moment a decision on whether to honor a stay issued by the World Court
- FEBRUARY 6, 2003MexicoDEATH PENALTY
A Grady County jury, in Oklahoma, has recommended the...
A Grady County jury, in Oklahoma, has recommended the death penalty for Mexican national Isidro Marquez-Burrola, 41, for the February 13, 2002 murder of his his estranged wife Enruquenta Marquez
- FEBRUARY 6, 2003MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Texas said it would ignore a World Court order demanding...
Texas said it would ignore a World Court order demanding it stay the executions of 2 Mexicans, Cesar Robert Fierro Reyna and Roberto Moreno Ramos
- FEBRUARY 5, 2003MexicoDEATH PENALTY
The International Court of Justice ruled that three...
The International Court of Justice ruled that three of the Mexican nationals on death row in the United States should be granted a temporary stay of execution
- JANUARY 22, 2003MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Federico Estevez, political science professor at Mexico's...
Federico Estevez, political science professor at Mexico's National Autonomous University Estevez, said that a poll by the Reforma newspaper indicated about 55 percent of Mexicans favor the death penalty, which is unconstitutional in the country except in
- JANUARY 21, 2003MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Saying it had exhausted other alternatives, Mexico...
Saying it had exhausted other alternatives, Mexico appealed to the World Court to stop the execution of 51 of its citizens in the United States
- JANUARY 11, 2003MexicoDEATH PENALTY
The Mexican government hailed Illinois Governor George...
The Mexican government hailed Illinois Governor George Ryan's decision to commute the death sentences of 167 convicts, three of them Mexicans
- JANUARY 9, 2003MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Mexico filed a complaint against the United States...
Mexico filed a complaint against the United States in the International Court of Justice charging that American officials have violated the rights of all 54 Mexicans on death row in the United States and asking that their executions be commuted
- JANUARY 9, 2003MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Mexico filed a complaint against the United States...
Mexico filed a complaint against the United States in the International Court of Justice charging that American officials have violated the rights of all 54 Mexicans on death row in the United States and asking that their executions be commuted
- JANUARY 1, 2003MexicoDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the United States of Mexico at Art
The Constitution of the United States of Mexico at Art
- JANUARY 1, 2003MexicoDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution of the United States of Mexico at Art
The Constitution of the United States of Mexico at Art
- 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