Article 415 Federal Criminal Code

A penalty of one to nine years of imprisonment and from three hundred to three thousand days fine shall be imposed, on anyone who without applying the prevention or security measures:

I.Emits, discharges, releases into the atmosphere, authorizes or orders it, gases, fumes, dusts or pollutants that cause harm to natural resources, to fauna, to flora, to ecosystems or to the environment, provided that said emissions come from fixed sources of federal competence, in accordance with that provided in the General Law of Ecological Equilibrium and the Protection of the Environment, or

II.Generates emissions of noise, vibrations, thermal or light energy, coming from emitting sources of federal competence, in accordance with the law indicated in the preceding section, that cause harm to natural resources, to flora, to fauna, to ecosystems or to the environment.

The same penalties shall be applied to anyone who unlawfully carries out the activities described in the preceding sections, that cause a risk to natural resources, to flora, to fauna, to ecosystems or to the environment.

In the case that the activities referred to in this article are carried out in a protected natural area, the imprisonment penalty shall be increased by up to three years and the economic penalty by up to one thousand days fine.