Article 97 Bis Federal Criminal Code
BOOK ONE · TITLE FIVE. Of the Grounds for Extinction of the Criminal Action · CHAPTER IV. Recognition of Innocence and Pardon
Current text · last reform published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF) on 13 March 2026
Exceptionally, by itself or at the petition of the Plenary of any of the Chambers of the Congress of the Union, the Head of the Federal Executive Branch may grant pardon, for any offense of the federal order or common order in the Federal District, and upon prior opinion of the body executing the sanction in which it is demonstrated that the sentenced person does not represent a danger for public peace and security, stating its reasons and grounds, when there exist consistent indications of serious violations of the human rights of the sentenced person.
The Federal Executive must ascertain that the sentenced person has previously exhausted all national legal remedies.