Summary of the matter addressed in the submission:

The Environmental Law Institute [Instituto de Derecho Ambiental, A.C.], in conjunction with the citizens affected by the explosions of April 22nd (the Submitters), made a submission that the Federal Attorney General and Federal Judiciary did not duly enforce the General Law on Ecological Balance and Environmental Protection (LGEEPA) in relation to the explosions of April 22nd in the Reforma area of the city of Guadalajara, state of Jalisco. [The submission] is based on a resolution dated 28 January 1994, which stayed the proceedings, and on a decision dated 8 February 1994, through which the 6th district criminal court magistrate ruled that the resolution, against which there is no recourse, had definitively ended the case.

Names and citations of the environmental laws in question:

1. Articles 5(1)(j)(l), 6 and 7 of the North American Agreement for Environmental Cooperation (NAAEC)
2. Articles 14, 16, 19, 20 and 21 of the Constitution of the United Mexican States [Constitución política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos]
3. Articles 182 to 188 of the LGEEPA Law
4. Articles 6 to 11 and 18 of the Federal Criminal Code
5. Articles 1, 2, 4, 10, 41, 134, 135, 136, 138, 141, 144, 146, 292, 298, 299 of the Federal Criminal Procedures Code

Submitter(s):

Instituto de Derecho Ambiental, A.C., et al, with citizens affected by the April 22nd explosions