Deputy Karina Marlen Barrón Perales (PRI) proposed adding a new article to Mexico's Federal Penal Code punishing anyone who perpetrates "any unlawful or wanton act committed with the knowledge that there is a substantial likelihood of severe and either widespread or long-term damage to the environment”.

Senator Raúl Paz Alonzo asked the Mexican Government to recognise ecocide as the fifth Crime against World Peace and Security.