Age of consent in Mexico

Minimum age of consent in Mexico by state.
  Puberty
  12
  13
  14
  15
  16
  18
Stripes: Jalisco allows 15 if seduction refuted. Mexico allows 13 if the difference in age is less than 5 years

Each Mexican state sets the minimum age of consent for sex outside marriage by statute. These vary between 12 and 15. The federal government sets an age of 18, and there are statutory rape (estupro) laws that prohibit deception and often seduction in order to have sex with a minor over the minimum age of consent. For example, Sinaloa sets the minimum age at 12, but presumes that any sex between an adult and a minor under 16 is statutory rape; sex with a minor over 16 is also prosecutable, though usually only at the request of the minor or their legal guardians.