Indigenous Woman Released / Activist Killed in Puebla
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Indigenous Woman Released / Activist Killed in Puebla

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Karin Dilge By Karin Dilge | Journalist and Industry Analyst - Mon, 05/23/2022 - 13:17

Juanita Alonzo’s release. President López Obrador celebrated the release of the young indigenous woman, Juana Alonzo, who was detained in Tamaulipas. He explained that it was thanks to human rights organizations that demonstrated her innocence that she got released.

In 2014, Juana Alonzo arrived from Guatemala in Reynosa, Tamaulipas waiting to cross the border to the US. The Guatemalan was accused of kidnapping and detained. After being tortured, she agreed to put her name in an accusatory statement from which she understood nothing about because she only spoke chuj, an indigenous language, and was taken to a detention center. In, 2021 the UN took her case, analyzed it and demanded her release within six months. After nine months, last Friday, it reached President López Obrador who ordered her immediate release.

Female activist murdered in Puebla. López Obrador promised there will be no impunity and justice will be served in the case of Cecilia Monzón, who was shot in her car in Cholula, Puebla. Cecilia Monzón was a lawyer, an activist and a feminist. According to the first police reconstruction of the case, it was a direct attack from two hitmen who were following her in a motorcycle.

Monzón faced cases of machismo and spent her life defending woman. She was even known in Puebla for her public appearances. She was a municipal candidate for the Green Party and worked as head of Social Development during the term of Luis Arriaga, who she accused of political gender violence. The local press said that in the past, Monzón had received threats and in 2019, she asked the authorities for help. Now, her murder investigation will be under the responsibility of the Attorney General’s Office of the state.

Paola Angón, San Pedro Cholula’s Municipal President, condemned the feminicide and said her administration will find the perpetrators.

Crimes in the country are decreasing. Rosa Icela Rodríguez, Minister of Security, reported that crime registered a 28.4 decrease since the beginning of the current administration. Common law crimes, such as feminicides, kidnapping and car theft, are also on decline, while extorsion offenses are on the rise. In addition, she said that thanks to the fight against fuel theft, the government has been able to save MX$165 million daily.

Minister of Defense Luis Cresencio Sandoval informed that between 2018 and today, 33 military subjects have died in altercations. Furthermore, he explained that the highest number of military deaths were reported between 2010 and until 2012.

 

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