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Draft Mexican law would grant amnesty to people serving jail time for minor drug offences, abortions
DAVE GRAHAM AND DIEGO ORE
MEXICO CITY
PUBLISHED SEPTEMBER 15, 2019
UPDATED 3 HOURS AGO
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has sent a draft law to Congress that aims to grant amnesty to people serving jail time for lesser offenses, including abortion and possession of small amounts of drugs, the government said on Sunday.
“The amnesty would benefit those in prison for minor crimes, not murderers or kidnappers or those who have caused serious injury to another person,” Lopez Obrador wrote in a preamble to the draft initiative.
Lopez Obrador put an amnesty at the center of his strategy to bring down record levels of violence in Mexico, which has been ravaged by turf wars between drug gangs for more than a decade, resulting in tens of thousands of deaths.
During his campaign, he said he would explore an amnesty with criminals to pursue a less confrontational approach to tackling the violence, generating expectations it could involve members of gangs. However, the premise remained vague.
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https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-mexico-amnesty-law-drafted-people-serving-jail-time-for-minor-drug/