Article 176 Federal Criminal Code
BOOK TWO · TITLE FIVE. Crimes in matters of communication routes and correspondence · CHAPTER II. Violation of correspondence
Current text · last reform published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF) on 13 March 2026
To the employee of a telegraph, telephone station or wireless station who consciously fails to transmit a message that is delivered to them for that object, or to communicate to the addressee the one received from another office, if it causes damage, fifteen days to one year of imprisonment or 30 to 180 days fine shall be imposed.