Public servants who are found guilty of torture could be sentenced to 20 years in jail after a reform to Jalisco State Penal Code was approved by Congress just prior to the holiday recess. The new law includes psychological as well as physical torture in its definition and is designed to prevent, sanction and eradicate the crime. The revised Penal Code legislates against “any public official who performs any act which inflicts mental or physical suffering on a person for the purpose of aiding a criminal investigation.”
The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper