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Ignorance of this law will not get you leniency from the police. You will be arrested and sent to jail. Also, the Mexican judicial system is governed by Napoleonic Law which states that you are presumed guilty and must prove your innocence, the opposite of the U.S. laws. The American consulate in Tijuana, Mexico also posts a similar warning on their official website (emphasis theirs):
The optional Seventh Protocol to the Convention, Article Four, protects against double jeopardy and says: No one shall be liable to be tried or punished again in criminal proceedings under the jurisdiction of the same State for an offence for which he or she has already been finally acquitted or convicted in accordance with the law and penal procedure of that State.