Article 149 Federal Criminal Code
BOOK TWO · TITLE THREE. Crimes against humanity · CHAPTER I. Violation of the duties of humanity
Current text · last reform published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF) on 13 March 2026
To the person who violates the duties of humanity toward the prisoners and hostages of war, toward the wounded, or in the blood hospitals, there shall be applied for that sole fact: prison of three to six years, except what is provided, for the special cases, in the military laws.