3rd CONEBAL
MEETING
REPORT
Dr. Maria Guadalupe licea castellanos
Director, expert services
baja, california
Merida, Yucatan november 2009
1
3rd CONEBAL MEETING
(NATIONAL COMMITTEE OF BALLISTICS EXPERTS OF THE MEXICAN
REPUBLIC)
 HELD
IN THE CITY OF TIJUANA, B.C. ON
MARCH 26 AND 27, 2009
ATTENDING
• 52 EXPERTS
REPRESENTING
•STATE ATTORNEYS GENERAL
•ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MEXICO
•MILITARY JUSTICE PROSECUTOR
EXHIBITORS
MEXICO
UNITED STATES
CANADA
EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT OF THE
NATIONAL PUBLIC SECURITY SYSTEM
Objective:
 STANDARDIZATION
OF CRITERIA AND
PROPOSALS FOR IMPROVEMENT TO
STRENGTHEN THE BALLISTICS
SPECIALTY IN THE MEXICAN
REPUBLIC
BOARD OF DIRECTORS INSTALLATION









President: Óscar Escobedo Jiménez of the State of México.
Secretary: José Noé Castañeda Ramírez of the State of Guanajuato.
General Member: César Hugo Villa Hernández of the State of
Veracruz.
Regional Members:
Northwest Member: José Alberto Caro Durán of the State of Baja
California.
Northeast Member: León III Robledo Medellín of the State of
Coahuila.
Central Member: Luis Herrera Fernández of the Federal District.
Mid-Western: Gustavo Ernesto Peyret Flores, of the State of
Michoacán.
South-Southeast: Juan Valdivia Bautista, of the State of Tabasco.
The AGR and the Military Justice Prosecutor are with
the Central Zone group.
Subjects March 26
Aspects to Consider for Certification under the National
Public Security System (SNSP) Law

D.C. Efraín Huerta Rivera of the
SNSP.

Presentation of the CONEBAL web page

Óscar Escobedo Jiménez of the State
of Mexico.

Presentation of case study
 Eduardo Mejía Chalico, of the State of Morelos.


Session addressing establishment of a glossary of
Ballistics technical terms.
Subjects March 27








Presentation by Forensic Technology regarding International
Ballistics Identification System (IBIS).
Peter Gagliardi, vice president for special projects of Pierre Reed
Remarks by Rommel Moreno Manjarrez, Public Prosecutor,
State of Baja California. He greeted CONEBAL members and
administered the oath of office to members of the CONEBAL
Board of Directors.
Presentation of comments about the Federal Firearms and
Explosives Law,
Félix Loredo Cháirez of the State of México.
Discussion about the glossary of terms
Proposal regarding a guide for the Public Ministry to address
Ballistics requests.
General issues: working subjects to develop locally, subjects to
address at the next meeting.
AGREEMENTS:






One.- Acknowledgement of the need for growth in the staff of personnel who
are ballistics experts at our respective local government levels.
Two.- Technical procedures manuals from participating states shall be sent to
the members of each zone, who will review them to identify similarities and
differences in order to provide feedback to those who sent them, so that
unique manuals for each zone can be analyzed at the next meeting. This will
take place within one month and the following week the members must send a
corresponding report to the president and secretary. In turn, no later than one
week later, the president of CONEBAL shall send a progress report to the SNSP
to be presented at the next meeting of the Directors of Expert Services, to be
held in May.
Three.- CONEBAL shall request the support of the SNSP for follow-up on
training plans, including formalities and technical aspects.
Four.- Follow-up on committee work shall take place exclusively at national
meetings and shall be conducted by committee members attending the
respective meeting.
Five.- It was unanimously agreed that the CONEBAL web page shall be totally
confidential, with a personalized, non-transferable access code for each
committee member.
Six.- It was unanimously agreed that the CONEBAL web page shall be
equipped for videoconferencing, with the appropriate security measures.








Seven.- The following items were agreed upon during the discussion of the
glossary of terms:
FIREARM.- ANY MECHANICAL DEVICE DESIGNED TO FIRE PROJECTILES, USING
POWER GENERATED BY GASES RESULTING FROM THE IGNITION OF POWDER.
REVOLVER.- A FIREARM WITH A ROTATING CYLINDER WITH SEPARATE
COMPARTMENTS FOR THE LOADING OF CARTRIDGES.
Eight.- Setting up the CONEBAL web page is the responsibility of the State of
Mexico and the establishment of the editorial committee for the web page shall
take place after the page has been set up and adjusted.
Nine.- Pursuant to the case study comments by Eduardo Mejía Chalico, it was
agreed that currently there is no method or technique to establish the caliber of a
firearm projectile that has caused an injury based solely on the injury.
Ten.- CONEBAL requests the assistance of the SNSP in informing the Directors of
Expert Services and the State’s Attorneys, Attorney General of Mexico and the
Military Justice Prosecutor about CONEBAL’s progress and the request that those
states that have not sent representatives do so in order to improve progress.
Eleven.- To provide CONEBAL guidelines for certification of Ballistics Experts.
Twelve .- To table the subject of projectile velocity until the next meeting.




Thirteen.- That a general application guide for the public
ministry is currently not applicable.
Fourteen.- The State of Mexico was proposed for the next
CONEBAL meeting, to be held in August, 2009.
Fifteen.- The State of Guanajuato was proposed as the
alternate site for the next CONEBAL meeting.
Sixteen.- For the next meeting, the glossary of terms for each
of the regions will be sent, on the same dates as the technical
procedures and through its respective member, to the
secretary and president of CONEBAL. This glossary shall
include, in addition to general terms, the following specifics
for each zone: Northwest region: rifle; Northeast region:
carbine; Central region: submachine gun; Western Region:
machine gun and South-Southeast region: classification of
custom-made firearms.
Subjects, 4th CONEBAL Meeting

Review of glossary of terms.

Consolidate technical procedures.

Continue review of Federal Firearms and
Explosives Law.

Review proposals for Certification of Ballistics
Experts guidelines.
THANK YOU….