Article 20 Federal Criminal Code

There is recidivism: whenever the person convicted by final judgment (sentencia) issued by any court of the Republic or abroad commits a new crime, if there has not elapsed, since the completion of the sentence or since the pardon of the same, a term equal to that of the prescription of the penalty, except for the exceptions fixed in the law.

The conviction served abroad shall be taken into account if it comes from a crime that has this character in this Code or in special laws.