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No independent-praise terrorism crime quoted. LFPED art. 9 is an administrative discrimination overlay (promoting / inciting hatred). CPF art. 149 Ter exists but is denial of services, not a speech crime.

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    Independent-praise crime?
    No independent-praise terrorism crime quoted. LFPED art. 9 is an administrative discrimination overlay (promoting / inciting hatred). CPF art. 149 Ter exists but is denial of services, not a speech crime.
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    art. 9, fr. XV y XXVII

    Ley Federal para Prevenir y Eliminar la Discriminación

    Target
    Administrative prohibition of promoting hatred through media messages, and of inciting hatred, violence, rejection, mockery, insult, persecution, or exclusion
    Test
    Listed as forms of discrimination under art. 1 and the constitutional equality clause. Enforced through CONAPRED, not as a citizen glorification crime.
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    Administrative / CONAPRED measures — not a criminal sentence on this quote
    Con base en lo establecido en el artículo primero constitucional y el artículo 1, párrafo segundo, fracción III de esta Ley se consideran como discriminación, entre otras: … XV. Promover el odio y la violencia a través de mensajes e imágenes en los medios de comunicación; … XXVII. Incitar al odio, violencia, rechazo, burla, injuria, persecución o la exclusión;

    Official Spanish, Cámara de Diputados consolidation, LFPED art. 9 fr. XV and XXVII (última reforma DOF 14-11-2025). Working English: it is discrimination, among other things, to promote hatred and violence through messages and images in the media; and to incite hatred, violence, rejection, mockery, insult, persecution, or exclusion.

    Cite · LFPED, art. 9 fr. XV, XXVII · as of 2026-09-05

    • Do not treat LFPED art. 9 as a criminal glorification statute.
    • Do not treat CPF art. 149 Ter as a hate-speech crime. It is denial of services.
    • Civil/administrative overlay. Not a listed-speech terrorism offence.
    • Código Penal Federal art. 149 Ter exists (added DOF 14-06-2012): 1 to 3 years for discrimination by denying a service, labour/health rights, or education. That is denial of services, not a listed-speech offence.
    • Art. 1 of this Law also names antisemitism as a form of discrimination. That definition is not this quote.
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