Judges are Shielded Against Drug Cartels

Chetumal, Q. Roo .- It reduces the time that the state should take responsibility without pretext of attending the subject drug dealing, in response to a series of reforms to the framework of law that had to meet since last year, but not its application.

The changes will be implemented by the State Court, whose judges are as throughout the country, protected base a security protocol. On August 5, 2010, Congress of the State of Quintana Roo approved a series of reforms Criminal Procedure Code and the State Health Law in order that the entity is empowered to deal with cases of drug dealing, that is, from this date, the drug dealing would be a crime the courts, however, the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJN) approved an injunction to the government of Quintana Roo to initiate the implementation of the reforms, in 2010, but in August this year by the lack of resources.

On this basis, judges and lawyers of the Court have been trained in the issue of drug dealing, which is reinforced in subsequent days in coordination with the Attorney General’s Office (PGR) and the Attorney General of the State (PGJE), stated the head of the judiciary, Fidel Rivero Villanueva. The presiding judge said that although the deadline is August 21 next, the court may enter in advance given the agreements with the PGR for the “change of baton “gradually.Villanueva Rivero spoke in this order on the so-called “security protocol” to be applied to judges and according to the website of the newspaper Milenio, thereby trying to prevent attacks by organized crime issues who need to know related to drug dealing. This, Villanueva said Rivero, is the use of security measures for the transfer of judges and access to facilities, as already applied in the seat of the judiciary in Chetumal