Overview
- Lawmakers approved the consolidated reform by a 40–0 vote with two abstentions on May 27, 2026, and the measure was sent to the Jefatura de Gobierno for promulgation and publication in the Gaceta Oficial.
- The reform creates the crime called hostigamiento coercitivo to criminalize systematic coercion and intimidation even when no payment or material loss occurs.
- The text specifies penalties that range from three to seven years of prison and fines of 500–1,000 UMAs for certain coercive acts, and establishes higher terms of up to ten to fifteen years and larger fines for cases using illicit means to collect debts.
- New aggravating rules target technology-enabled offenses by naming tools such as voice cloning, manipulated videos and real-time identity spoofing as factors that increase punishment for extortion and related crimes.
- The package bundles ten initiatives from multiple parties, aims to harmonize local law with federal frameworks, and is designed to allow authorities to act earlier and to strengthen protections for vulnerable victims which could reduce intimidation of merchants, drivers and households.