As of December 2020, 78.6 percent of pre-trial detainees from robbery in Mexico were not sentenced, which means that less than a fourth of people in jail for robbery had been found guilty in court. It had an ever higher share of unsentenced prisoners for drug trafficking, with 87.8 percent of people being in preventive detention without charge.
The share of preventive detainees for drug dealing or robbery who were imprisoned without charge showed an increasing trend throuhout 2019 and 2020. The case of drug traffucking is particularly outstanding: between January 2019 and December 2020, the share of individuals deprived of liberty that had not been sentenced and were awaiting for trial grew 32.4 percentage points.
Share of pre-trial detainees for drug trafficking or robbery who have not been sentenced in Mexico from January 2019 to December 2020
According to the source, the average was calculated with data from ten Mexican jurisdictions that provided complete information and open data: Aguascalientes, Chiapas, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Jalisco, Oaxaca, San Luis Potosí, Sonora and Zacatecas.
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Animal Político. (October 26, 2021). Share of pre-trial detainees for drug trafficking or robbery who have not been sentenced in Mexico from January 2019 to December 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1298145/pretrial-detainees-without-sentence-for-drug-dealing-or-robbery-mexico/
Animal Político. "Share of pre-trial detainees for drug trafficking or robbery who have not been sentenced in Mexico from January 2019 to December 2020." Chart. October 26, 2021. Statista. Accessed November 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1298145/pretrial-detainees-without-sentence-for-drug-dealing-or-robbery-mexico/
Animal Político. (2021). Share of pre-trial detainees for drug trafficking or robbery who have not been sentenced in Mexico from January 2019 to December 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1298145/pretrial-detainees-without-sentence-for-drug-dealing-or-robbery-mexico/
Animal Político. "Share of Pre-trial Detainees for Drug Trafficking or Robbery Who Have Not Been Sentenced in Mexico from January 2019 to December 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 26 Oct 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1298145/pretrial-detainees-without-sentence-for-drug-dealing-or-robbery-mexico/
Animal Político, Share of pre-trial detainees for drug trafficking or robbery who have not been sentenced in Mexico from January 2019 to December 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1298145/pretrial-detainees-without-sentence-for-drug-dealing-or-robbery-mexico/ (last visited November 23, 2024)
Share of pre-trial detainees for drug trafficking or robbery who have not been sentenced in Mexico from January 2019 to December 2020 [Graph], Animal Político, October 26, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1298145/pretrial-detainees-without-sentence-for-drug-dealing-or-robbery-mexico/
