suffering, whether physical or mental, on an individual when investigating crimes or offences, 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 or a failure to act which that individual has or is suspected of having committed, to coerce
them into engaging in a specific act or for any other purpose.
Jalisco
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
Article 3.– Anyone committing the crime of torture shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of from one to
nine years, fined from 200 to 500 days' wages and disqualified from holding any public office, position or
commission, for up to twice the length of the prison sentence. Repeat offenders shall be permanently
disqualified. The number of days' fine shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of articles 26 and
27 of the state Criminal Code.
Article 1.– A state or a municipal public servant commits the offence of torture if, in exercise of or in connection
with their official functions, they intentionally inflict or incite, consent to or tolerate another person inflicting
severe pain or suffering, whether physical, mental or moral, 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 in a specific act.
Michoacán
The same penalties shall be imposed on third parties who, for any purpose, explicitly or implicitly incited or
authorized by a public servant, inflict severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, on a detainee.
Pain or suffering arising only from, inherent in or incidental to lawful sanctions, or arising from a legitimate act of
State Act to
Prevent and Punish authority, shall not be considered torture.
Torture
Incommunicado detention, for the purposes referred to in the preceding paragraphs, shall be considered as
torture.
Article 2.– 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' minimum wage and disqualified from holding any public office, position
or commission, for up to twice the length of the prison sentence.
Morelos
Where another crime is committed in addition to torture, the rules for the concurrence of offences shall apply.
Article 3.– A public servant commits the offence of torture if, in exercise of their official functions, they
intentionally inflict 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.
Discomfort or suffering arising only from, inherent in or incidental to lawful sanctions, or arising from a legitimate
State Act to
Prevent and Punish act of authority, shall not be considered torture, unless they involve the acts or methods referred to in this
article.
Torture
Article 4.– 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' minimum wage in force in the state and disqualified from holding any
public office, position or commission, for up to twice the length of the prison sentence.
Article 3.– A state or municipal public servant commits the offence of torture if, in exercise of their official
functions, they inflict pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, on an individual, or deprive them of food or
water, 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 physically, mentally
or morally coerce them into engaging or not engaging in a specific act, to obtain pleasure for himself or a third
party, or any other reason based on discrimination of any kind.
Article 214.– A public servant of the state or municipal governments commits the offence of torture if, in
exercise of their official functions, they or their subordinates inflict pain or suffering on an individual. Likewise, if
they use physical or moral coercion to obtain from the tortured individual or a third party information or a
confession, or to coerce them into engaging or not engaging in a specific act or to inflict punishment for an act
which that individual has or is suspected of having committed.
Pain or suffering inflicted incidentally as a consequence of the arrest of a person or seizure or property shall not
amount to the crime of torture.
Nayarit
Likewise, suffering arising only from, inherent in or incidental to lawful sanctions, shall not be considered
torture.
Act to Prevent and These following rules shall apply to the crime of torture:
Punish Torture in
the State of Nayarit I.– Anyone committing the crime of torture shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of from 2 to 10 years,
fined from 200 to 500 days of the minimum wage in effect at the time the fine is imposed, dismissed from their
post and disqualified from holding any office, position or commission;
II.– Where another crime is committed in addition to torture, the rules for the concurrence of offences shall
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