Work experience
2010 to date
Founder and Partner of the "Hernández - Romo & Ochoa"
2002 - 2010
Partner of Law Firm "Hernández Romo"
since 2008
Expert Witness in the American Court
(Texas), 2008; (Connecticut), 2009; (Delaware), 2009; (Washington DC), 2015; (Florida), 2017; (Florida), 2017 (2); (Florida), 2017 (3); (Florida), 2017 (4); (California), 2018
Education
2008
Doctor of Law from Alicante (Spain)
2001
Master in Law from the University of Deusto (Bilbao, Spain)
1999
Master of Laws, from Northwestern University (Chicago, IL, USA)
1998
Law degree from the Universidad Iberoamericana (Mexico City, MX)
Research
Summer 2014
Research stay, Harvard University (Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA)
Summer 2009
Research stay, Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut, USA)
Summer 2008
Research stay, Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut, USA)
Teaching
2002
Professor of “Crimes in particular”, Universidad Iberoamericana
2006 - 2017
Postgraduate Professor of Criminal Law, Escuela Libre de Derecho
2008 - 2017
Postgraduate Professor of Tax-Criminal Law, Escuela Libre de Derecho
2006 - 2010
Full Professor, Universidad Panamericana
2007 - 2010
Diploma Professor, Casa de la Cultura Jurídica, Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación
2009
Professor of the Master's Degree in Criminal Procedural Law, National Institute of Higher Studies in Criminal Law
2010 - 2015
Research Professor at the Free School of Law
2011 - 2014
Professor of "Constitutional criminal procedural law" at the Escuela Libre de Derecho
2014 - 2015
Professor of "Criminal Law I (General part and theory)" at the Escuela Libre de Derecho
2014
Professor of various criminal law subjects at ITESM (Santa Fe Campus)
2010
Professor of "Methods and techniques of legal research" at the Escuela Libre de Derecho
2017 - 2019
Professor of Theories of crime, crimes in particular and criminal procedure at ITAM
Subjects taught
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Fundamentals of Criminal Law
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Crime Theory
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Criminal Procedural Law
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Constitutional Criminal Procedural Law
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White Collar Crimes
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Legal Research
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Crimes in particular
Publications
Books
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Criminal procedural fraud, Mexico: Oxford University Press, 2003.
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Crimes against the family, Mexico: Miguel Ángel Porrúa/Chamber of Deputies, 2005.
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Customs crimes. Comments to the reforms of the Fiscal Code of the Federation. Article 103, sections XI, XII, XV, XVI, XIX and XX, Mexico: Porrúa/Universidad Panamericana, 2007. (Co-author: José Hernández Estrada).
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The guarantees of the accused, Mexico: Porrúa/Universidad Panamericana, 2009.
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Foundations of Mexican Criminal Law I, Mexico: Porrúa, 2009. (Co-authors: Maydelí Gallardo Rosado and Roberto Andrés Ochoa Romero)
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Criminal procedure fraud: a new vision, Valencia: Tirant lo blanch, 2010.
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The crimes provided for in the Mexican Amparo Law, Valencia: Tirant lo blanch, 2011.
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Foundations of Mexican Criminal Law II, Mexico: Porrúa, 2011. (Co-authors: Alfredo Haro Goñi, José Abel Flores, Roberto A. Ochoa Romero)
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Mexican Criminal Law Treaty. Special part. Crimes provided for in Special Laws, Volume I, Mexico: Tirant lo blanch, 2012.
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Mexican Criminal Law Treaty. Special part. Crimes provided for in Special Laws, Volume II, Mexico: Tirant lo blanch, 2012.
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The guarantees of the accused, 2nd ed., Mexico: Porrúa/Escuela Libre de Derecho, 2012.
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Mexican Criminal Law Treaty. Special part. Crimes provided for in Special Laws, Volume III, Mexico: Tirant lo blanch, 2013.
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The Projects of New Federal Codes of Criminal Procedures, Valencia: Tirant lo blanch, 2013.
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Crimes committed by public servants against the administration of justice, Mexico: Tirant lo blanch/UNAM/INACIPE, 2013. Co-author: Roberto A. Ochoa Romero.
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The crime of organized crime. Ideas to argue its unconstitutionality, Mexico: Tirant lo blanch, 2014.
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Mexican Criminal Law Treaty. Special part. Crimes provided for in special laws, 2nd ed., Volumes I and II, Mexico: Tirant lo blanch, 2014.
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Errors and unconstitutionalities of the National Code of Criminal Procedures, Mexico: Tirant lo blanch, 2014.
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Compendium of Mexican Criminal Law, Mexico: Tirant lo blanch, 2014. Co-authors: José Luis González Cussac/ José Hernández Estrada/ Roberto A. Ochoa Romero.
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The crimes provided for in the Law of Insurance and Bonding Institutions, Mexico: Tirant lo blanch, 2015.
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Crimes provided for in the General Law on Electoral Crimes, Mexico: Tirant lo blanch/Mexican Human Rights Commission, 2015.
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Tax crimes. Crimes provided for in the Fiscal Code of the Federation, Social Security Law and LINFONAVIT, Mexico: Tirant lo blanch, 2016.
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The crimes provided for in the Federal Law on Firearms and Explosives, Mexico: Tirant lo blanch, 2017.
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Comments to the Federal Law Against Organized Crime, Mexico: Tirant lo blanch, 2017.
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Mexican Criminal Law Treaty. Special part. Crimes provided for in Special Laws, 3rd ed., Volumes I and II, Mexico: Tirant lo blanch, 2018.
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The abbreviated procedure, Mexico: Tirant lo blanch, 2019.
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The crimes of concealment and reception in federal criminal legislation, Mexico: Tirant lo blanch, 2020.
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Mexican Criminal Constitutional Law, Mexico: Tirant lo blanch, 2020.
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The crimes contained in the Federal Law for the Protection of Industrial Property, Mexico: Tirant lo blanch, 2021.
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The crimes of the Amparo Law, Mexico: Tirant lo blanch, 2022. Co-author: Kaleb Haidar Yemha Gutiérrez.
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Mexican Criminal Law Treaty. Special part. Crimes provided for in Special Laws, 4th ed., Volumes I and II, Mexico: Tirant lo blanch, 2022.
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Tax crimes. Crimes provided for in the Fiscal Code of the Federation, Social Security Law y LINFONAVIT, 2nd ed., Mexico: Tirant lo blanch, 2022.
Articles
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“The crime of procedural fraud. Article 310 CP”, in Mexican Magazine of Justice. The new challenges of the PGR, sixth period, number 6, Mexico: Attorney Generals Office, 2003.
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“Due legal process, principle of legality and guarantee of strictness: Approach to criminal reality”, in ARS IURIS Revista del Instituto Panamericano de Jurisprudencia, number 35, México: Centros cultural de México, 2006, pp. 11-43.
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"Careos: the necessary reform to the guarantee of the accused in relation to the victim", in Criminal System. The Penal Reform in Mexico. Analysis, criticism and perspectives, August, Mexico: UBIJUS/Professional Training Institute of the Federal District Attorney Generals Office, 2007, pp. 341-347.
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“Smuggling or crime against health? Lex specialis –smuggling of prohibited goods, CFF- derogat legem generalem –crimes against health, CPF-. Reflections for criminal justice”, in Customs Strategy. The Mexican magazine of foreign trade, Year 1, number 7, September, 2007, pp. 31-55.
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“The confrontation in Mexico. Ignorance of said evidence and its scope”, in ARS IURIS Magazine of the Pan-American Institute of Jurisprudence, number 40, Mexico: Cultural Centers of Mexico, 2008, pp. 33-53. Also published in, Criminal Defense. The strategy of the procedure, number 1, March, 2008, pp. 36-49.
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“The inequity of the total remission of the sentence and of the acquittal excuse in the property crimes of the CPDF”, in ARS IURIS Magazine of the Pan-American Institute of Jurisprudence, number 42, Mexico: Cultural Centers of Mexico, 2009, pp. 69-111. An excerpt from this same article was published in Criminal Defense. The strategy of the procedure, number 2, April, 2008, pp. 44-61.
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"The criminal prosecution of the Notary in Veracruz: unconstitutionality of the State Notary Law";, in Specialized Magazine on Criminology and Criminal Law, year 1, number 4, February 2009, pp. 147-158.
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“The suspension of proceedings for crimes committed in them”, in Iter Criminis. Journal of criminal sciences, Fourth Period, Number 11, September-October, 2009, pp. 99-126.
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“Prescription of federal crimes of complaint during the execution of the arrest warrant. Need to know the historical background and tax loopholes”, in Corporate Lawyer. The legal analysis magazine, November-December, Mexico, 2009, pp. 77-88.
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“The chain of custody”, Theory & Law. Journal of legal thought, number 6, December, Valencia: Tirant lo Blanch, 2009, pp. 231-240.
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“Article 92 of the Federal Tax Code: the need for an urgent reform to close the gaps in criminality”, Dissemination and Analysis, No 176, Fourth Period, Year XIV, February, 2010, pp. 37-46.
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"The crime of family violence and its comparison: The aberrations of the legislator", (in press)
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“The detention in Mexico: New positions regarding the flagrancy, the urgent case and the root”, in Constitutional Culture, Culture of freedoms. Annual magazine of the Technical Secretariat of the Coordination Council for the Implementation of the Criminal Justice System, Mexico, 2010, pp. 101-131.
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"The autonomy of criminal law: How far does legal certainty go?";, in Journal of Legal Research. Free School of Law, Number 34, Year 34, Mexico, 2010, pp. 359-374.
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“The impossibility of simultaneously applying the crimes of family violence and aggravated injuries: The injustices generated by the “criminal legal right””, in Anales de Jurisprudencia, Volume 311, Ninth Period, First stage, May-June, Mexico: Superior Court of Justice of the Federal District, 2011, pp. 189-211. (Co-author: Alfredo Haro Goñi)
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"The confessional evidence in civil matters: reasons for its repeal and criminal consequences thereof", in Journal of Legal Research. Free School of Law, Number 35, Year 35, Mexico, 2011, pp. 397-408. (Co-author: Miguel Ángel Hernández Romo)
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“Comments on some articles of the new Regulation of the Organic Law of the Federal District Attorney General's Office”, Iter Criminis. Journal of Criminal Sciences, Number 3, Fifth Period, November-December, 2011, pp. 27-50.
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Does the principle of the special law repeal the general law in criminal matters? The confusion of the criminal doctrine regarding the principle of specialty”, in Penal Magazine, Number 29, January, Valencia: Tirant lo blanch, 2012, pp. 87-96. (Co-author: José Luis González Cussac)
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“The “new crimes” foreseen in the Fiscal Code of the Federation”, Dissemination and Analysis, Nos. 200-201, Fourth Period, Year XVI, February-March, 2012, pp. 101-107. (Co-author: José Hernández Estrada),
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“The non-payment of the employers minimum wage to the workers and the “criminal-labour procedural fraud”. Crimes of a federal nature”, in First monograph of the Journal of Legal Research. Works in homage to the Escuela Libre de Derecho in its first centenary, number 36, Mexico, 2012, pp. 291-313. (Co-author: Luis M Díaz Mirón)
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"The confessional evidence and the interview with the accused by the ministerial police: the constitutional changes for the "new adversarial system"", in the First monograph of the Journal of Legal Research. Works in homage to the Escuela Libre de Derecho in its first centenary, number 36, Mexico, 2012, pp. 269-290.
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“False statements before the judicial authority. Article 247 BIS of the Federal Penal Code”, in Encyclopedic legal work. In Tribute to the Free School of Law in its First Centenary, Mexico: Porrúa/Escuela Libre de Derecho, 2012, pp. 317-347.
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“Comments regarding the Federal Justice Law for Adolescents”, in Iter criminis. Journal of Criminal Sciences, Number 8, Fifth Period, September-October, Mexico: National Institute of Criminal Sciences, 2012, pp. 137-156.
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"The constitutional changes to the adequate defense: the errors of the permanent constituent", in Hernández-Romo Valencia, Pablo and Ochoa Romero, Roberto A. (Coordinators): Studies in homage to Professor Javier Alba Muñoz, Mexico: Tirant lo blanch, 2013 , p. 307-320.
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“Some crimes against the administration of justice and the overprotection of judges by the judiciary: violation of the principle of equality”, in Studies on the Legal Responsibility of the Judge, the Public Servant and the Professionals, Mexico: Escuela Libre de Derecho/ Department of Law of the University of Pisa, 2013, pp.
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"Theft or abuse of trust: The case of valet parking. Position contrary to the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation”, in Hernández-Romo Valencia, Pablo and Ochoa Romero, Roberto A. (Coordinators): Studies in homage to Professor Javier Alba Muñoz, Mexico: Tirant lo blanch, 2013, pp. 321-341. Co-author: José Hernández Estrada.
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“The use of ICTs in the prevention and investigation of crime in Mexico”, in GONZÁLEZ CUSSAC, José Luis/CUERDA ARNAU, María Luisa (Directors) and FERNÁNDEZ HERNÁNDEZ; Antonio (Coordinator): New threats to National Security. Terrorism, organized crime and information and communication technologies, Valencia: Tirant lo blanch, 2013, pp. 319-325.
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"Legislative development of the catalog of federal crimes that are considered serious (Art. 194): Reasons to know the unconstitutionality of several of them", in HERNÁNDEZ-ROMO VALENCIA, Pablo/ESTRADA MICHEL, Rafael (Coordinators): Legal History. Studies in honor of Professor Francisco de Icaza Dufour, Mexico: Tirant lo blanch, 2013, pp. 339-402.
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"The guarantees of the accused member of organized crime in Mexico";, in GONZÁLEZ RUS, Juan José (Director): Organized crime, Mexico: Tirant lo blanch, 2013, pp. 175-181.
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“Federal crimes that do not contain punishment: an urgent call for attention to the federal legislative power.”, in Magazine of the Federal Institute of Public Defender, No. 17, June, Mexico: Federal Institute of Public Defender, 2014, pp. 374-421.
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"The disappearance of the arraigo in the Federal District and the new figure of detention with judicial control: a new detention that is unconstitutional", in Iter criminis. Journal of Criminal Sciences, Number 5, Sixth Period, April-June, Mexico: National Institute of Criminal Sciences, 2014, pp. 135-152.
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"The organized crime in Mexico: constitutional problems, in Drug trafficking and related crime", Tirant lo blanch: Valencia, 2014.
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“Of the criteria of opportunity, reparation agreements and the conditional suspension of the process: three forms of extinction of criminal action and alternative solutions. Different constitutional location same results”, in Judge, Number 3, Mexico: Tirant lo blanch, 2015, pp. 57-67.
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“The unconstitutionality of article 165 of the Amparo Law: the assumption of suspension in detention due to urgent cases”, in HERNÁNDEZ ROMO, Miguel Ángel/ HERNÁNDEZ-ROMO VALENCIA, Pablo (Coordinators): Legal studies in memory of Professor Gustavo R. Velasco, Mexico: Tirant lo blanch, 2016, pp. 321-339.
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“Kidnapping or child trafficking: Same crime, different nomination. The privilege of being able to kidnap a minor”, in HERNÁNDEZ ROMO, Miguel Ángel/ HERNÁNDEZ-ROMO VALENCIA, Pablo (Coordinators): Legal studies in memory of Professor Gustavo R. Velasco, Mexico: Tirant lo blanch, 2016, pp. 341-369. Co-author: Mathilde Martiny
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"The reform to article 92 of the CFF: The imbalance and the impossibility of applying it", in Fine Points. Specialized Journal of Tax Consultation, Year XI, Vol. CXII, No. 253, August, 2016, pp. 17-26.
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“Discrimination in Mexico: analysis of the federal crime of discrimination” (in press)
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“The rules for the territorial competence of the jurisdictional bodies and their incompetence in criminal matters: unclear rules and without the possibility of appeal” (in press)
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"The reclassification of the crime or different legal classification: its unconstitutionality" (in press)
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“Pederasty versus sexual abuse of minors: two federal regulations that have different names and protect the same thing with different penalties. A way out for the impunity of the accused and the misfortune of the victim”, in Praxis Legal, No 20, Mexico: Bosch, December, 2017.
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“A laps with the legal right in the crime of family violence. A new position of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation that takes a Copernican turn to solve an old problem”, in Praxis Legal, No. 23, Mexico: Bosch, March, 2018.
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“Electoral Crimes”, in DE LA MATA PIZAÑA, Felipe/ COELLO GARCÉS, Clicerio (Coordinators) Electoral Law Treaty, Mexico: Tirant lo blanch, 2018, pp. 657-678.
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"Violations of fundamental rights in electoral crimes"; (in press)
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“The application of the opportunity criteria by the PGR. Three Agreements that are unconstitutional (A/003/16, A/001/17 and A/099/17)”, in Revista Mexicana de Justicias Orales, Year I, No. 2, July-December, 2018, pp. 7-35.
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"The crime of forced disappearance and its new adaptation: a problem of difficult solution", in Praxis Legal, No 32, Mexico: Bosch, January, 2019.
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“The new federal crimes nominated “of the payment and improper receipt of remuneration of public servants”: crimes that were born dead and that could also be unconstitutional”, Fine Points, No. 282, Mexico: Thomson Reuters, January, 2019.
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"Reflections on the latest criminal constitutional reforms of 2019", in Fine Points, No. 289, Mexico: Thomson Reuters, August, 2019.
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“Fiscal criminal reform of November 2021”, First part, in Fine Points, No. 319, Mexico: Thomson Reuters, February, 2022.
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“Fiscal criminal reform of November 2021”, Second part, in Fine Points, No. 320, Mexico: Thomson Reuters, March, 2022.
Conferences
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Universities in the Mexican Republic: (Baja California, Sinaloa, Coahuila, Hidalgo, State of Mexico, Mexico City)
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Universities in Europe: University of Córdoba, Spain; University of Valencia, Spain; Jaume I University, Spain.
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Universities in the USA: University of Pennsylvania.
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House of Legal Culture, Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation. Torreon, Saltillo (Coahuila); Culiacan, Los Mochis, Guasave, etc (Sinaloa)
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Federal Judicial Branch (Hermosillo, Sonora)
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Federal District Attorney General's Office
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Superior Court of Justice of Mérida
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Secretary of Finance of the Government of the Federal District
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College of Notaries, Xalapa (Veracruz)
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National Institute of Criminal Sciences; among several other places.
Institutions to which it belongs and distinctions
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Mexican Bar Association
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AIDP/IAPL (Association internationale de droit pénal/The International Association of Penal Law)
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International Criminal Science Foundation
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SETEC certified trainer for the implementation of the criminal justice system.
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Member of the panel of judges of the INACIPE research directorate.
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Dictator of the Spanish Magazine Teoría & Pensamiento
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He was called by the Justice Commission of the Senate of the Republic to review the initiatives of various Federal Codes of Criminal Procedure. (2013)
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He has been considered one of the 200 best lawyers in the world by the leading English firm Legal's Finest.
