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Sample Complaint Letter
Cards / / July 04, 2021
The laws oblige us to report a crime when we are victims or witnesses of its commission and therefore, make it known to the authorities. Generally, this is done by going personally to the investigating authority, which will draw up a record stating the complaint. But criminal laws also provide for their submission in signed writing, submitted to the authority. This is useful, since there are times when we will save time, and on the other hand, it will allow us to report contains facts or circumstances that could be omitted or overlooked by whoever is writing our narration verbal. It is usually called a written complaint.
In the complaint, we must indicate our name, address and other information to locate us; the narration of the illegal acts, time and place where they occurred, The exact words they told us, if we remember the name of those responsible, if we know them, and a description of the person or persons who committed it. According to the criminal legislation of each country, this must be done in a closed line, without intermediate spaces and without paragraph separation. At the end you can ask that the complaint and our signature be ratified.
It is also called a letter of denunciation to a letter addressed to a newspaper, with the purpose of being published, and in which the public knowledge of an act or omission of the authority, and which has generally been ignored, despite the efforts of the whistleblower.
Example of a letter reporting the facts to the authority:
C. Investigating Public Ministry Agent:
Guillermo Andrade, of legal age, single, domiciled at Calle Lago Ontario Number 77, Colonia de los Mares, Tlalnepantla, State of Mexico, with number Telephone 55-55-66-77-88 I appear to report the crime of theft against whoever is responsible, for the crime of theft, for which I expose the following facts: That yesterday, June 17, 2010, around two in the afternoon with fifty minutes of driving along Avenida de los Cedros, at the level of the kiosk, I was approached by two men who at gunpoint stripped me of my vehicle, a Ford Model T, Year 1931, license plates circulation KA-2212; one of them standing in front of my vehicle holding a pistol, forcing me to stop, and the other approaching me through the window, also pointing a gun at me, Forcing me to get out of my vehicle, shouting "get off or I'll load the shit" once I got out he yelled "the keys and the wool, asshole", to which I gave him my belongings. He shouted to his partner "Orale güey, that's it", they both got into my vehicle and left. Therefore, I come to file a Complaint, Accusation and Complaint, against the aforementioned persons, for the theft of my vehicle. The person who threatened me by making me stop is thin, about one meter and eighteen inches, He wears a mustache, round face, small forehead, small eyes, wears a mustache, and he wore a sweatshirt with which he covered his head; the other guy who pointed my gun at me, he is approximately one meter with ninety centimeters, fat, beard unshaven, with a scar on his left cheek, and his little finger is missing left. He also covered his head with the hood of a sweatshirt. A few minutes later a patrol passed, but they could not locate my vehicle, which is why I go to this authority to present this complaint, which I request be considered ratified at this time, signing at the bottom and in the margin for due constancy.
Firm
Example of a complaint letter addressed to a newspaper:
Mr. Editor:
I address my letter to denounce the insensitivity of the municipal authority in charge of public lighting, since in the Calle Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, between Avenidas Villada and Instituto Literario, here in Toluca, public lighting does not works.
Despite the many neighborhood requests addressed to the authority for four months, they have ignored us, and it has been a month that they have appeared several dismantled vehicles, caused among the neighbors fear of going out at night, in addition to the fact that many of us arrived at our homes when it was already Dark.
We trust that by this means the public works authorities will listen to us and fix the lighting, for which the residents of Calle Sor Juana will be very grateful.
Juan Soria
Neighborhood representative
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