Sinaloa aprueba la creación de Vicefiscalía para investigar delitos contra periodistas y ddhh

<div><div> <p> </p> <a href="https://www.proceso.com.mx/u/fotografias/m/2025/6/12/f1280x720-224970_3…; </a><source><a href="https://www.proceso.com.mx/u/fotografias/m/2025/6/12/f1280x720-224970_3…; </a><source><a href="https://www.proceso.com.mx/u/fotografias/m/2025/6/12/f1280x720-224970_3…; </a><source><a href="https://www.proceso.com.mx/u/fotografias/m/2025/6/12/f1280x720-224970_3…; <img src="https://www.proceso.com.mx/u/fotografias/m/2025/6/12/f685x385-224970_26…; width="685" alt="Sinaloa approves the creation of a Deputy Prosecutor's Office to investigate crimes against journalists and human rights."> </a></source><a href="https://www.proceso.com.mx/u/fotografias/m/2025/6/12/f1280x720-224970_3… href="https://www.proceso.com.mx/u/fotografias/m/2025/6/12/f1280x720-224970_3… href="https://www.proceso.com.mx/u/fotografias/m/2025/6/12/f1280x720-224970_3…; </a> <span>Sinaloa's Congress approves law creating the state's first specialized deputy prosecutor's office for human rights, protection of human rights defenders, and journalists. Photo: Special</span> <p></p> </div><div> <p>CULIACÁN, Sinaloa (apro) – The Sinaloa Congress unanimously approved the law that will create the first specialized Vice-Attorney General's Office for human rights, the protection of human rights defenders, and journalists. This agency will be the first nationwide to operate locally. </p> <p>In Sinaloa, since September of last year, with the start of the war between the Mayos and Chapitos, attacks on the union have increased significantly, to the point where 65 attacks were recorded as of last April, which represents an average of 5.5 every 24 hours during this period. </p><strong>Related News</strong> <p>The vote to create this new Deputy Attorney General's Office had been postponed since 2022, with the creation of the Institute for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders and Journalists of Sinaloa. </p> <p>In this regard, Marlene León Fontes, director of the non-governmental organization Iniciativa Sinaloa, stated that this has been an achievement for civil society, but also a demonstration of the state's willingness to prevent attacks on human rights defenders and journalists. </p> <p>“With this approval, Sinaloa positions itself as a leading entity in the protection of human rights defenders and journalists; it's the first entity nationwide. With this Deputy Prosecutor's Office, which will seek to investigate attacks against both groups, we believe that in addition to being a civic achievement, it also positions Sinaloa as a benchmark in the field, and that should be celebrated,” he said. </p> <p>The creation of the Deputy Attorney General's Office was approved as part of the Law for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders and Journalists of the State of Sinaloa in 2022. Since that year, the law mandated the creation of the specialized agency, something civil organizations criticized Congress for legislative omission in previous legislatures. </p> <p>The Deputy Prosecutor's Office will have to operate this year within a period of no more than 90 days, after the decree law is published in the Official State Gazette.  </p> </div></div>