The Mexican government confirmed this Friday the discovery of the body of Debanhi Escobar, an 18-year-old girl He disappeared on April 9 in the northern state of Nuevo León in a case that shook the country.
Index hide“In the last communication that was had with the prosecutor (from Nuevo León, Gustavo Guerrero), a few moments ago, he informed us that the body had already been rescued from the tank, that it was taken to the forensic medical service to do the necropsy,” Indian.
However, before these situations Tragic that have to STOP Have you ever wondered what the forensic medical service is like in Mexico?
Debhani case: How is the forensic medical service in Mexico?
What is SEMEFO?
The SEMEFO (Forensic Medical Service) It is the institution of judicial support, it supports in cases of death and in those cases with medico-legal implications with living people.
BACKGROUND
Mexico has had agencies in charge of resolving the controversies aroused among its inhabitants, with the passage of time these organizations became more sophisticated until they became known as courts. It is in the mid-nineteenth century that the origin of the SEMEFO when the judges could require for some matters the realization of some studies assigning doctors to cover expert functions.
It is from 1903 that the forensic Medicine It begins to be analyzed from a more scientific perspective. One of the main scholars of it was Doctor Gil Baledón. (Noted doctor of forensic medicine).
HOW TO BECOME A FORENSIC DOCTOR IN MEXICO?
To access this profession it is necessary to study medicine studies and specialize in Legal and Forensic Medicine. The forensic doctors apply medical, legal, managerial, ethical, and scientific knowledge to criminal cases or other medical or legal investigations.
FUNCTIONS
Its functions include all those related to legal research. This includes:
- Conducting an investigation forensic medical at the crime scene or at the place where an accident has occurred, in order to collect the first evidence for later analysis.
- The realization of judicial autopsies in order to determine the causes of a violent death. Their intervention includes examining the external appearance of the body (looking for injuries, wounds, bruises, etc.), inspecting the organs, taking blood and DNA samples, and performing toxic analyses.
- The forensic doctors they give their opinion to help the trial judge make an official verdict.
Being linked to a judicial process, the forensic doctors They also carry out medical evaluations of people who have suffered an assault or an accident. Later, they make expert reports to be presented in lawsuits and other legal proceedings. The medical examiner may have to testify in court.
They also perform functions of teachingexpert or investigation at the request of courts, tribunals and prosecutors.
The forensic doctors work in coordination with others professionals, such as forensic scientists, police officers. As well as biochemists, microbiologists, pharmacists and lawyers.
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