Othón P. Blanco, Quintana Roo — Adults who involve minors in drinking, drug use, sexual activity or criminal enterprises could face up to 15 years in prison under a bill introduced in the Quintana Roo Congress.
State legislator Rubén Antonio Carrillo Buenfil proposed amending Article 191 of the state penal code to raise the current sentence of six to 12 years behind bars to a range of eight to 15 years. Fines would also increase, from 100 to 400 days to between 200 and 500 days, and offenders would remain barred from serving as a guardian.
The measure would punish anyone who induces or facilitates a minor’s consumption of alcohol or narcotics, participation in sexual practices or exhibitionism, commission of a crime, or recruitment into a criminal organization.
If an adult directly forces a minor to carry out any of those acts, the bill calls for the sentence to be increased by as much as an additional half.
Carrillo Buenfil said the aim is to toughen the criminal consequences for conduct involving minors.
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