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Mexico Files Femicide Charges in Yucatán Child’s Death and Sonora Attempted Killings

The cases highlight use of Mexico’s femicide statute with judges ordering preventive detention.

Overview

  • A judge ordered A.L.M.S. jailed before trial after prosecutors charged him with aggravated femicide in the death of his 3-year-old stepdaughter in Acanceh, Yucatán.
  • A state forensic expert reported the child died from closed abdominal trauma, which means internal injuries without breaking the skin.
  • Prosecutors say the mother had left for work and the partner was caring for the child when the fatal beating occurred.
  • In Sonora, prosecutors charged Francisco Ignacio “N”, 24, with two counts of attempted femicide after attacks on his partner and her mother in a Cajeme home, and both women survived after defending themselves and receiving medical care.
  • At an initial hearing in the Sonora case, he invoked the 144-hour constitutional term and the court kept precautionary measures in place.