Overview

• The initiative raises the punishment for threats from three months–one year to one–two years in prison.
• Sentences would be tripled to three–six years when threats involve weapons or explosives, impersonation of a criminal group, threats to kill a relative, or intimidation of victims, witnesses, judges or police in a criminal case.
• The draft expressly includes threats delivered through social networks and contemplates harsher treatment for digital threats with sexual content.
• The proposal introduces a definition of “serious harm” to distinguish credible threats from mere insults and guide the application of aggravated penalties.
• The measure, part of a broader security package on despojo, criminal association and gender- or LGBTQ+-motivated injuries, moves to congressional commissions for review following recent bomb-hoax reports at UNAM.