Article 219 Federal Criminal Code

Commits the crime of intimidation:

I.- The public official who, by himself, or through an intermediary, using physical or moral violence, inhibits or intimidates any person in order to prevent that person or a third party from reporting, filing a complaint or providing information relative to the presumed commission of conduct sanctioned by the Criminal Legislation or by the General Law of Administrative Responsibilities, and

II.- The public official who, by reason of the complaint, report or information referred to in the preceding section, carries out unlawful conduct or omits a lawful duty owed that harms the interests of the persons who present or provide them, or of any third party with whom such persons have some family, business or emotional bond.

Whoever commits the crime of intimidation shall be imposed from two years to nine years of imprisonment and from thirty to one hundred days fine.