Article 420 Quáter Federal Criminal Code

A penalty of one to four years of imprisonment and from three hundred to three thousand days fine shall be imposed on anyone who:

I.Transports or consents, authorizes or orders the transport of, any waste considered hazardous due to its corrosive, reactive, explosive, toxic, flammable, biological-infectious or radioactive characteristics, to a destination for which there is no authorization to receive it, store it, dispose of it or abandon it;

II.Enters false data in the registers, logs or any other document used for the purpose of simulating compliance with the obligations derived from the federal environmental regulations;

III.Destroys, alters or hides information, registers, reports or any other document that is required to be kept or filed in accordance with the federal environmental regulations;

IV.Providing his services as a technical auditor, specialist or expert or specialist in matters of environmental, forest, wildlife, fishing or other environmental impact, fails to tell the truth causing damage to the natural resources, the flora, the fauna, the ecosystems, the water quality or the environment, or

V.Does not carry out or comply with the technical, corrective or security measures necessary to avoid an environmental damage or risk that the administrative or judicial authority orders or imposes on him.

The crimes provided for in this Chapter shall be prosecuted by complaint of the Federal Attorney's Office for Environmental Protection (Procuraduría Federal de Protección al Ambiente).