Overview

• The proposal raises the base penalty for criminal threats from the current three months to one year to a range of one to two years in prison.
• The draft would triple sentences to three to six years when threats involve weapons or explosives, when the aggressor claims membership in organized crime, when family members are targeted, or when justice-system participants are intimidated to affect a case.
• The reform explicitly includes threats made via social media and other digital channels to update an article written before widespread online communications.
• City officials argue the current penalty is disproportionately low and fails to distinguish severity or modern aggravating circumstances.
• The initiative has been referred to congressional commissions in the Mexico City Congress for review before any potential plenary debate and vote.