Mexico’s Chiapas and Chihuahua push new victim‑support measures

The Chiapas state legislature approved a regulation establishing the Council of Participation of Victims for femicide cases, urging that families be involved in all investigative stages. Deputies Valeria Santiago Barrientos, Sahara Munira José Flores and Ana Karen Ruiz Coutiño highlighted the need for justice to be built with victims, not apart from them. In the same session, lawmakers also passed reforms to the state disaster‑risk law and a motion urging the Federal Electricity Commission to address power failures.

In Guachochi, Chihuahua, the Executive Commission for Victims Attention – South Zone (CEAVE) organized an intercultural psychosocial meeting with families of crime victims. The event applied gender‑sensitive and culturally relevant methods, aiming to reduce barriers to justice in the Sierra Tarahumara. Organizers said, “Nuestro compromiso en la Sierra Tarahumara es garantizar que ninguna víctima se sienta sola en su camino hacia la justicia,” underscoring the state’s strategy to decentralize victim‑support services.