Mexico Strengthens Navy's Power to Fight Maritime Crime
The Mexican Navy Commission approved reforms to strengthen its legal authority to combat maritime crime. The reforms allow the Navy to inspect vessels, use force in certain situations, and make arrests. They also establish penalties for polluting the sea.
In a blended meeting, the Navy Commission, chaired by Deputy Jaime Martínez López (Morena), approved, with modifications, the opinion on the initiative that reforms various provisions of the Organic Law of the Mexican Navy, the Organic Law of the Federal Public Administration and the National Law on the Use of Force, regarding maritime crime.
The document, approved unanimously by 16 votes, also modifies the Federal Law to Prevent and Punish Crimes Committed in the Matter of Hydrocarbons, the National Code of Criminal Procedures and the Federal Penal Code.
