Mexico May Release Thousands of Elderly, Unsentenced Inmates
President of Mexico Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador looks on during the ceremony to commemorate the third year of Lopez Obrador's victory in the 2018 presidential elections at Palacio Nacional in Mexico City, Mexico on July 01, 2021. Hector Vivas/Getty Images
MEXICO CITY—Mexico’s president said Thursday he will issue a decree that could release hundreds or thousands of elderly inmates or those who have spent ten years or more in prison and have not been convicted of any violent offense.
Anyone who can demonstrate that they suffered torture after they were arrested would also be freed.
