The report has generated conflicting opinions, as it proposes the classification of two new crimes: the spread of infectious diseases and femicide.

The bill points out the need to strengthen penalties for crimes that have increased in recent years, including, hiring and acting as hitmen, kidnapping, kidnapping for ransom, sexual extortion, drug trafficking, and violations against flora and fauna.

The reforms also seek greater sanctions for justice operators who act outside the context of the law, as well as public functionaries who commit embezzlement, influence peddling and fraud, among other behaviors.

The bill also provides for expelling foreigners whose sentence for crimes exceeds five years in prison. Once the sentence has been served, they will be prohibited from returning to the country for 20 years.

The State Attorney General’s Office spoke out in a statement on Wednesday opposing the initiative, because it considers that it should not respond to political interests and should comply with the principles of criminal policy.

Among the controversial articles, there is one related to the confidentiality of investigations by the Prosecutor’s Office and other instances of the justice system.

Another of the questioned sections seeks to include a new cause for requesting review resources by human rights entities attached to the inter-American system or the United Nations, which, for the Prosecutor’s Office, may be an attempt to benefit people prosecuted for corruption.

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