CPF · Article 13

Article 13 Federal Criminal Code

BOOK ONE · TITLE ONE. Criminal Responsibility · CHAPTER III. Persons responsible for crimes

Current text · last reform published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF) on 13 March 2026

The following are perpetrators of or participants in the crime:

I.- Those who agree upon or prepare its commission.

II.- Those who carry it out themselves;

III.- Those who carry it out jointly;

IV.- Those who carry it out by using another person;

V.- Those who with intent (dolo) cause another to commit it;

VI.- Those who with intent (dolo) provide help or aid another for its commission;

VII.- Those who after its execution aid the offender, in fulfillment of a promise made prior to the crime, and

VIII.- Those who without prior agreement take part with others in its commission, when the result that each one produced cannot be specified.

The perpetrators or participants referred to in this article shall each be liable to the extent of their own culpability.

For the subjects referred to in sections VI, VII and VIII, the punishment provided by article 64 bis of this Code shall apply.

How to cite

Federal Criminal Code, Article 13. https://articuladomx.com/en/federal-criminal-code/article-13/

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Corpus 2026.10.08