How can I report injuries?
How can I report injuries in Mexico? “I will die very comfortable and happy when crimes are not committed, and if it is not possible, that those who are reported are resolved and justice is granted, whatever happens first”
German Terriquez Cordova, Founder of Justicia Transparente
In today’s blog, we will explain the different ways that are presented so that you can make an injury report online or from your home if you were a victim of it.
There are two ways you can do it:
Accused a relative of a crime in Mexico? Do you need to know if it is a crime to bring weapons into Mexico? Do you need to know if it is a crime to bring marijuana into Mexico? The prosecutor is accusing me of having committed a crime that I did not commit? Has your loved one been in jail in Mexico for years?
If you are in one of these situations, hire an online consultation.
Report online from your home (online): in this case we will provide you with an online report creator so that you can create your report and submit it through your state’s online report portal
Going to report to the prosecution: the same method that we will not focus on, since it is precisely the delays in reporting and the long lines that have made people report less and less.
How can I report injuries?
You can make an injury report with our online reporting tool where the system will ask you very simple questions, which when you finish answering them will automatically generate an injury report.
You can also report the following types of crimes
robbery room
robbery in a closed place
clerk theft
robbery in a closed place
What should the complaint contain?
nline complaints, as well as those filed directly with the prosecutor’s office, must contain:
Identity of the complainant.
Address.
Narration of the facts.
Indication of who or who committed the crime.
Mention of those who witnessed or have news about the event.
However, you should not worry about it, since the system asks you the necessary questions to make your report.
What should I do after generating the report?
You must send the complaint through the online complaint portals,
What happens after you have filed your complaint?
The public prosecutor first has the obligation to corroborate the information that has been presented due to the complaint, based on what is indicated in the paragraph below,
Article 221. Forms of initiation
The investigation of the facts that have characteristics of a crime may be initiated by complaint,
by complaint or by its equivalent when required by law. The Public Ministry and the Police are obliged to
proceed without further requirements to the investigation of the facts of which they have news.
In the case of crimes that must be prosecuted ex officio, the initiation of the investigation will be sufficient
communication made by any person, in which the authority is made aware
investigator the facts that could be constitutive of a crime.
In the case of anonymous information, the Police will verify the veracity of the data provided
through the acts of investigation that they consider conducive to this effect. If the
information, the corresponding investigation will be initiated.
When the Public Ministry has knowledge of the probable commission of a criminal act whose
persecution depends on a complaint or any other equivalent requirement that must be formulated by any
authority, will communicate it in writing and immediately to it, in order to resolve what to its faculties or
corresponding attributions. The authorities will inform the Public Ministry of the determination in writing.
that they adopt.
The Public Ministry may apply the criterion of opportunity in the cases provided for by the
applicable legal provisions or not to initiate an investigation when it is evident that there is no crime that
Chase. The decisions of the Public Ministry will be challenged in the terms provided for in this
Code.
For this reason, the public prosecutor will communicate with you to corroborate the denounced and from that moment the public prosecutor will initiate the investigation of the crime denounced.
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