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Mexican Courts Hand Influencer 20-Year Sentence as Ex-Boxer and UAEMéx Suspect Are Formally Linked to Trial

The rulings underscore courts moving high-profile sexual violence cases into decisive phases.

Overview

  • Luis Fernando Padilla Manzo, known as “Fer Italia,” received a 20-year prison sentence from a State of Mexico court for raping a 16-year-old in Huixquilucan.
  • Judges imposed two 10-year terms for separate assaults on January 11 and March 22, 2024 at a residence in Colonia Constituyentes de 1917, with threats to share sexual images cited in the second attack.
  • Padilla was arrested on August 28, 2025 in a Huixquilucan shopping plaza, and he remains detained while also facing a separate case alleging rapes of a former partner in 2020, 2022 and 2023, with an intermediate hearing set this week.
  • In Tijuana, expugilist Erik “N” was linked to process for aggravated sexual abuse, with a no‑contact order imposed and a four‑month deadline for prosecutors to conclude the complementary investigation; he will remain out of custody during this stage.
  • A judge linked Fernando “N” to process for the alleged feminicide of ex‑UAEMéx student Jarim Virginia in Toluca, ordered justified preventive detention, and set June 19, 2026 as the deadline to complete the investigation.