Article 139 Federal Criminal Code

The penalty of fifteen to forty years of prison and a fine of four hundred to one thousand two hundred times the daily value of the Unit of Measurement and Updating (Unidad de Medida y Actualización) shall be imposed, without prejudice to the penalties that correspond for other crimes that result:

I.To the person who, using toxic substances, chemical, biological or similar weapons, radioactive material, nuclear material, nuclear fuel, radioactive mineral, radiation source or instruments that emit radiations, explosives, or firearms, or by fire, flood or by any other violent means, intentionally carries out acts against goods or services, whether public or private, or else, against the physical, emotional integrity, or the life of persons, that produce alarm, fear or terror in the population or in a group or sector of it, in order to attack against the national security or pressure the authority or a private individual, or oblige the latter to take a determination.

II.To the person who agrees to or prepares a terrorist act that is intended to be committed, is being committed or has been committed in national territory.

The sanctions referred to in the first paragraph of this article shall be increased by one half, when in addition:

I.The crime is committed against an immovable property of public access;

II.Damage or harm to the national economy is generated, or

III.In the commission of the crime a person is detained as a hostage.

To the person who uses remotely piloted aircraft to commit the conducts provided for in section I of the first paragraph of this article, the penalty established shall be increased by up to one third.