Mexicali City Council members voted unanimously for a resolution to ask both the Assembly and Congress constitutional amendments to punish residential and business robberies, vehicle theft and firearm possession.
The resolution was voted after authorities reported an increase in crime rates in the city and state.
City council members asked to modify Mexican Constitution and the National Code of Criminal Procedure.
Mexicali Mayor Gustavo Sánchez said although police officers arrive at scene and arrest suspects given they are not apprehended while committing the crime judges freed them and in days or weeks are arrested again thanks to the benefits granted by the new criminal justice system.
“We must begin making things happen to allow us retake control of the rule of law that must govern the community as a whole,” Mayor Sánchez said.
Bivalve mollusk ban ongoing
The bivalve mollusk ban that started months ago is still ongoing, a state official said.
Department of Sanitary Risks director Leopoldo Jiménez said the ban was lifted only in an area of the Sea of Cortez after three monitoring tests that resulted positive.
The official reported a reduction in the levels of soxitoxin, a neurotoxin usually ingested by consuming mussels, clams, oysters and scallops that causes an illness known as paralytic shellfish poisoning.
Jiménez said authorities expect to lift the ban entirely within weeks.
He asked residents to avoid capturing, selling and consuming bivalve mollusks from the Gulf of California.
Regarding the warning released by the Mexican government about algae Jiménez said tests results came under normal and with no toxic risks.
