Guanajuato, Guanajuato, February 10, 2017—Engaged with the construction of a more democratic and just society, the University of Guanajuato (UG) in collaboration with the United States Embassy, held a cycle of conferences: "Implementation and functioning of the accusatory system in Mexico, shared experiences."

While inaugurating the activities, UG's General Rector, Dr. Luis Felipe Guerrero Agripino, exposed that this event represents the essence and transcendence of a House of Studies, by constructing a space for search and the exchange of experiences towards a fundamental topic, because a criminal system –he sustained— "is the mirror of a society, that reflects an ideological, political framework and derives from a determined historical context."

He remarked the importance of reflecting together on the challenges towards the implementation of the accusatory system –specifically in the procedural aspects—because he mentioned that Criminal Law, in a Democratic State, must always be the last possibility.

Ray Gattinella, the head of the International Office for the Development of Procuration Systems of Justice (OPDAT), the Department of Justice of the United States of America Embassy, highlighted the role of the higher education centers in the preparation of new generations of legal operators, who will have the responsibility to instrument and consolidate the accusatory system in Mexico. He added, "the consolidation will need a generational effort in the long term, as well as the political will sustained in the state and federal levels for many years to come."

Within the framework of the Initative Mérida, the United States government provides tangible support to the consolidation of the accusatory system in Mexico. The support covers programs to develop, among students of Law, skill in litigation and mediation, broaden knowledges of the lawyers, equip courthouses and train operators of such.

To the cycle of conferences attended noted specialists of different parts of the world, including Dr. Arturo G. Wyatt, chief of the Narcotics Section of the Department of Justice; the Magister of the Supreme Court of the State of Guanajuato (STJE), M. Javier Gómez Cervantes; the Magister of the Fourth Unit Court of the 16th Circuit, Rafael Rojas Licea, Senator Maria del Pilar Ortega Martínez; Associate Judge of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico, Edgardo Rivera García; the Judge of Puerto Rico, Berthaida Seijo Ortíz; and the President Magister of STJE, M. Miguel Valadez Reyes. Also participated, Alberto Omar Jiménez and Enrique Vélez, professors of the Faculty of Law of the Universidad Interamerciana de Puerto Rico, and the members of the Oral Litigation Team of the University of Guanajuato.