Article 148 Bis Federal Criminal Code

The prison sentence of fifteen to forty years and of four hundred to one thousand two hundred days fine 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, carries out in Mexican territory, acts against goods, persons or services, of a foreign State, or of any international body or organization, that produce alarm, fear or terror in the population or in a group or sector of it, in order to pressure the authority of that foreign State, or oblige the latter or an international body or organization to take a determination;

II.To the person who commits the crime of homicide or any act against the liberty of an internationally protected person;

III.To the person who carries out, in Mexican territory, any violent act against official premises, private residences or means of transport of an internationally protected person, that attacks against his life or his liberty, or

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

For the purposes of this article, an internationally protected person shall be understood as a head of State, including each one of the members of a collegiate body when, in accordance with the respective constitution, it performs the functions of head of State, a head of government or a minister of foreign affairs, as well as the members of his family who accompany him and, in addition, any representative, official or official personality of a State or any official, official personality or other agent of an intergovernmental organization who, at the moment and in the place in which a crime is committed against him, the members of his family who live with him, his official premises, his private residence or his means of transport, has the right to a special protection in accordance with international law.