Article 2 Federal Criminal Code
BOOK ONE · PRELIMINARY TITLE
Current text · last reform published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF) on 13 March 2026
It shall likewise apply:
I.For the crimes that are initiated, prepared or committed abroad, when they produce or are intended to have effects in the territory of the Republic; or else, for the crimes that are initiated, prepared or committed abroad, provided that a treaty binding on Mexico provides for the obligation to extradite or to judge, the requirements provided in article 4 of this Code are met and the probable responsible person is not extradited to the State that has requested him, and
II.- For the crimes committed in Mexican consulates or against their personnel, when they have not been judged in the country in which they were committed.