MEXICO CITY, June 2 (UPI) -- Mexico ranks second in the world for the highest number of kidnappings registered each year, an expert announced Wednesday.
Guillermo Velasco Arzac, the director and president of Mexico United Against Delinquency, a civil organization, said Wednesday that the phenomenon of kidnapping in Mexico is derived from the lack of coordination between the country's political bodies.
Velasco Arzac, also a member of the Civic Advisors for Public Security and Justice, said a change in Mexican penal laws is urgent. He added the number of abductions in the country "as it continues to be high, is occupying second place in the incidence of this crime" at the global scale.
Nevertheless, he signaled that year after year the number of this type of crime has gone down in Mexico. But he asserted because "the bands of kidnappers have not fallen apart," the phenomenon of kidnapping continues to register high incidence in the country.
Velasco Arzac said additionally the penal laws are obsolete and insufficient for attacking the problem.
