Other Provisions of the New Kidnapping Law

I missed this yesterday: the law seeks to impose life sentences on convicted kidnappers, and also proposes to outfit with released offenders electronic surveillance devices. As always, harsher penalties are worth debating, but they won't accomplish much without improving the police's ability to locate and arrest kidnappers. In other words, impunity is a much, much bigger problem than lax sentencing.

Also, Beltrones expressed approval of the proposal.