Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Mexico’s president rejects proposal to establish the death penalty in the country

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador spoke on Wednesday about the recent proposal to restore the death penalty in Mexico.

" I don't believe in the death penalty and I don't think it's an option, an alternative," he said in his press conference.

The statement of the president is given after the Green Party proposed on Tuesday to submit for discussion the 4th Amendment of Mexico's Constitution and the withdrawal of two international treaties to restore the death penalty in the country.

The national leader, Carlos Puente, and the . . .

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