Article 371 Federal Criminal Code
BOOK TWO · TITLE TWENTY-SECOND. Crimes against persons in their patrimony · CHAPTER I. Robbery
Current text · last reform published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF) on 13 March 2026
To estimate the amount of the robbery, only the intrinsic value of the object of the taking shall be taken into account, but if for any circumstance it cannot be appraised in money or if by its nature it is not possible to fix its value, there shall be imposed imprisonment of three days up to five years.
In the cases of attempt of robbery, when it is not possible to determine its amount, there shall be applied from three days to two years of imprisonment.
When the robbery is committed by two or more subjects, regardless of the amount of the stolen property, through violence, lurking or any other circumstance that diminishes the possibilities of defense of the victim or places her in conditions of disadvantage, the applicable penalty shall be from five to fifteen years of imprisonment and up to one thousand days fine. The prohibition of going to a determined place or surveillance by the authority may also be applied, up to a term equal to that of the prison penalty imposed.