This Thursday, June 2, the Chamber of Senators will deal with the bill “That incorporates into the Penal Code, the punishable act of contract killing.”
The initiative seeks to reduce or eliminate the legal gap that exists in article 105 of the Penal Code. In it, several types of intentional homicide are discussed, one of them is the one that is for profit. However, this document gives more details to differentiate the act of contract killing from an intentional homicide.
The project establishes the incorporation of an article 105 “B” where the act of contract killing will be punished with a sentence of between 15 to 30 years. Unlike intentional homicide, which establishes penalties of between 5 and 20 years for the crime, except when the victim is a direct relative such as one of the parents, spouses, siblings or children, in that case, the penalty could increase up to 30 years. years.
The project in question not only punishes the material author (hitman), but also the intellectual author (who paid for the work) as the intermediary (link between the payer and the hitman). In addition, it establishes that in the event that the victim is a public official, a member of one of the three Powers of the State, the minimum sentence will be 20 years.
“It already has a favorable opinion. The only thing they are going to give you are shape modifications. The need to reduce or eliminate the legal loophole on how hired assassins work was understood,” explained Fernando Silva Facetti, a national senator for the PLRA and one of the planners of the initiative.
