Prevent and Punish Article 5.– A person who commits the crime of torture shall be punishable by a term of imprisonment of from 2 Torture to 12 years, fined from 200 to 500 days of the minimum wage in the economic area and at the time the offence was committed. Article 4.– A public servant commits the offence of torture if, in exercise of that capacity or on account of their functions, they themselves or using a third party intentionally injure a suspect, sentenced person or other individual as part of an investigation or legal proceedings of offences or infringements, in order to obtain information or a confession from the tortured individual or a third party, as a means of intimidation, to inflict punishment for an act failure to act which that individual has or is suspected of having committed, or to coerce them into engaging or not engaging in a specific act. Yucatán Physical or mental pain or suffering arising only from, inherent in or incidental to lawful sanctions, or arising from State Act to a legitimate act of authority, shall not be covered by the concept of torture, unless they are prohibited under Prevent and Punish article 22 of the Constitution of the United Mexican States. Torture Torture is considered a serious criminal offence under article 13 of the Criminal Code of the state of Yucatán, since it has a significant effect on the fundamental values of society. Zacatecas Criminal Code Article 5.– Anyone committing the crime of torture shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of from 3 to 12 years, fined from 200 to 500 days of the minimum wage, and disqualified from holding any public office or commission, regardless of the sentence handed down for any other offence. Article 371.– A public servant who, in exercise of their official functions, inflicts severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, on an individual in order to obtain information or a confession from the tortured individual or a third party, or to inflict punishment for an act which that individual has or is suspected of having committed, or to coerce them into engaging or not engaging in a specific act shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of from two to eight years, fined from 100 to 200 times the quota, dismissed and disqualified from holding any public office, position or commission for from 2 to 10 years, regardless of the sentence handed down for any other offence. Discomfort or suffering arising only from, inherent in or incidental to lawful sanctions, or arising from a legitimate act of authority, shall not be considered torture. Abolish arraigo, which creates a situation outside judicial control that constitutes a risk of torture and ill-treatment (para. 215) Compliance measures 454.As a result of the amendments to articles 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22 of the Constitution of the United Mexican States, the criminal justice system has undergone a radical transformation, as the amendments were of such a magnitude as to have a direct impact on the structure, budget and organization of the judiciary of the Federation. 455.Accordingly, the Council of the Federal Judiciary, using the powers conferred upon it by the Federal Constitution and the Organic Act on the Judiciary of the Federation, has taken the first step with these reforms by setting up, under General Decisions 75/2008 and 25/2009, seven Federal Criminal Courts specializing in searches, preventive custody and interception of communications, whose competence is restricted to effecting and determining precautionary measures and other techniques for investigating authority requiring independent judicial control, and its powers are gradually being expanded in accordance with the scope of its authority laid down in the Constitution and secondary legislation. 456.In this way, the specialized function of federal judges effecting those measures is not only a response to the need to implement the constitutional reform, but also helps to define and refine the mechanisms that are essential for the implementation of these reforms and enables them to handle appropriately all the activities now required of a modern judiciary with excellence, professionalism and efficiency. 457.This is the case because the new text of article 16 of the Constitution states that there should be judges to handle, among other things, immediately or by any means, requests for protective measures, precautionary measures, and investigation techniques of the authority requiring judicial control, thereby safeguarding the rights of suspects and victims or injured parties. 458.Accordingly, the seven specialized judges resident in the Federal District are competent to handle and decide upon petitions from the Federal Prosecution Service throughout the country in the preliminary investigation, relating to: Searches; Preventive custody; Interception of private communications. 459.Similarly, they are empowered to handle applications for the interception of private communications lodged by the National Investigation and Security Centre and the Federal Police. 460.Note that applications from the authorities are submitted through a highly secure computer system that ensures accuracy and confidentiality, in which they provide the evidence required in support of the protective measure, such as digitized documents, photographs, videos or the like.