We need to toughen penalties, we need all states of the republic to be handled in the same way, and above all, so that all women can be free and safe,” she highlighted. She emphasized that this change represents an important advance, as there had been previous attempts to promote this measure in local law, which also included that no complaint was required to act. In this sense, she considered that this will guarantee justice for victims, as it will allow for broader lines of investigation and prevent cases from being classified as homicides, which will also provide more realistic statistics on the violence women face. On the same topic, the local deputy of the PAN, Guillermo Vega Guerrero, spoke in favor of this proposal and any improvement that contributes to reducing the violence women face. He pointed out that, in recent days, the Congress approved changes to expand the characteristics of the femicide crime to facilitate its correct classification and prosecution, as the previous definition made it difficult for prosecutors to integrate the cases, but with the new aggravating factors, he stated that it will be easier to bring those responsible before a judge. As a member of the Prosecutor's Council, he highlighted that in the entity, this femicide crime has been faced with the available legal tools. However, he stressed that in addition to strengthening the punitive aspect, it is also necessary to advance in prevention and a cultural change. “And that is where I think we all have many pending issues in terms of investing more in public policies, in continuing to repudiate through all the channels we have behaviors that go against morality or public peace,” he concluded. In the state, there are currently 7 registered victims of homicide, as well as 2 femicides, out of a national total of 97, and the year 2025 closed with 14, out of a national total of 732, this according to the Executive Secretariat of the National Public Security System. Therefore, the local deputy of Morena, Andrea Tovar Saavedra, celebrated and backed the president's initiative to modify the Constitution and for the Congress of the Union to issue the General Law to prevent, investigate, punish, and repair the crime of femicide. “In Querétaro it was necessary to consider any violent death of a woman as femicide.
