According to Doing Business Project these are the Top 10 cities to do business in Mexico:
1. Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes (Easiest)
2. Guanajuato, Celaya
3. Nuevo León, Monterrey
4. Sonora, Hermosillo
5. Campeche, Campeche
6. Zacatecas, Zacatecas
7. Querétaro, Querétaro
8. Michoacán, Morelia
9. Sinaloa, Culiacán
10. Mexico City
Aguascalientes was the easiest state in which to do business last year. State and city officials have successfully used the benchmark as a promotional tool to compete for business at home and abroad. Simultaneously, they have continued to press ahead with reforms. As a result, Aguascalientes earned the top rank again this year.
Querétaro, the lowest ranked overall performer last year, created a public-private task force dedicated to improving its benchmarks. The task force systematically studied bottlenecks, proposed reforms, and measured progress throughout the year. The reforms helped Querétaro climb nine ranks on the ease of doing business to number seven out of 31 states and Mexico City.
Subsequently, if one or both parties decides to start an Appeal procedure, the District Court has to send the entire file with all the evidence to the Appeal Court, in this case, a Unitary Circuit Tribunal, which will decide to accept the appeal not. In the scenario that it the appeal is accepted, the Appeal Court has to give to both parties a 3-day term in order to offer exhibits which must be different from those that were used in trial. Then, the Tribunal will be appointed and within the next 30 days, a hearing will be scheduled for the prosecutor and defendant to give their final arguments about why the definitive resolution is illegal or caused grievance. Following the debate, the hearing will be over and the tribunal will have to provide a final decision within 5 days. This resolution could confirm, revoke or modify the definitive determination dictated by the District Court.
Finally, when a defendant is found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment, this becomes the responsibility of the federal government, or the Ministry of Federal and Public Safety Ministry, which is part of the Executive Power.
Consequently, in the resolution and treatment of Criminal Matters in Mexico all three levels of power are involved. The Legislative Power establishes procedure rules, criminal offence definitions and several regulations pertaining to this discipline. The Judicial Power is the legal body, which allows the prosecutor and defendant to pursue a fair trial, which is watched and presided over by a Judge who must guarantee that the law is observed and respected by both parties. The Executive Power influences several stages of the process. Firstly, the Public Ministry is the Chief investigator in the Investigation Stage and the Public Prosecutor in the Criminal Trail. Secondly, because in the Executive Power oversees the penitentiary system, which includes jail management, observation and evaluation of inmates.
This document provides a brief overview and reference to how Federal Criminal Matters are handled by the Mexican system; however it is not an exhaustive analysis of Mexican Institutions. Furthermore, given that each State has it own definitions of criminal offences; procedures and institutions, regional differences throughout Mexico are reflected in each specific criminal case. Clearly, the Mexican system differs from that of Canada on several levels, but it is through an understanding of these contrasts that criminal matters involving each party can be investigated and ultimately resolved in a cooperative and collaborative manner.
