Article 150 Federal Criminal Code
BOOK TWO · TITLE FOUR. Crimes against public security · CHAPTER I. Escape of prisoners
Current text · last reform published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF) on 13 March 2026
Six months to nine years of prison shall be applied to the person who favors the escape of a detainee, a person under prosecution or a convicted person. If the detainee or person under prosecution were accused of a crime or crimes against health, the penalty of seven to fifteen years of prison shall be imposed on the person who favors his escape, or else, in the case of the escape of a convicted person, it shall be increased up to twenty years of prison.
If the one who causes the escape were a public official, the penalty shall be increased by one third of the penalties indicated in this article, as corresponds. In addition he shall be removed from his employment and shall be disqualified from obtaining another for a period of eight to twelve years.