Mexico City prosecutor Ernestina Godoy Ramos reported that a trial court handed down a 116 year and eight month prison sentence against a man who murdered his partner and tried to kill his three-month-old daughter in Cuajimalpa.
According to the information released by the prosecutor, the events occurred in April 2020 in the San Mateo neighborhood. The assailant was found responsible for the crimes of femicide and attempted femicide.
“José Daniel, concubine of the woman, and father of the baby, began to attack the affected women. He killed his concubidade by suffocating her and hid her body in a cardboard box. The newborn, barely three months old, was located under a bed with multiple injuries but managed to save her life thanks to the timely medical attention she received in a hospital in Toluca,” explained Godoy Ramos.
The person responsible was located on December 21, 2020 in the municipality of Ayutla, Guerrero, by members of the Investigative Police (PDI).
The prosecutor also announced that detectives from the Investigative Police (PDI) completed an arrest warrant against Marco “N”, for the crime of attempted femicide, which occurred in the Iztacalco mayor's office.
The events occurred in November 2018, when Marco “N” attacked a woman with acid and caused injuries from first and second degree chemical burns to different parts of her body.
“Once we were able to establish his probable participation in the events, a supervising judge issued an order to link Marco “N” to the trial and ordered informal preventive detention,” explained the head of the capital's prosecutor's office.
It also reported that between March 19 and April 3, 75 people were charged with various crimes against women, adolescents and girls. “Of these people, 45 were charged with domestic violence; 15 for sexual abuse; seven for the crime of rape; three for the crime of human trafficking; four for femicide and one more for sexual harassment,” he said.
During 2022, Mexico City has seen an increase in recorded cases of femicide. It was the Head of Government Claudia Sheinbaum herself who recognized the rise in crime. According to the data provided, from 2019 to December 2021 there was a downward trend of 30%. January and February this changed.
“I don't know whether to call it atypical or not. Rather, let's say things as they are, there was an increase in the number of women who, unfortunately, were killed for a reason of gender,” said the Morenista during a public event last Sunday, February 27.
According to the National Commission to Prevent and Eradicate Violence Against Women, for the homicide of a woman to be classified as femicide it must meet at least one of seven characteristics:
1.- The victim shows signs of sexual violence of any kind.
2.- Infamous or degrading injuries or mutilations have been inflicted on the victim, prior to or after deprivation of life or acts of necrophilia.
3.- There is a history or data of any type of violence in the family, work or school environment, of the active subject against the victim.
4.- There has been a romantic, affective or trusting relationship between the asset and the victim.
5.- There are data that establish that there were threats related to the criminal act, harassment or injury of the active subject against the victim.
6.- The victim was held incommunicado, whatever the time prior to the deprivation of life.
7.- The victim's body is exposed or displayed in a public place.
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