Overview
- On January 27, the Morelia regional penal court issued a resolution that reaffirms a 50-year prison term for Diego Urik, to be counted from September 30, 2020.
- The judgment suspends his political rights and orders payment of 1,246,986.40 pesos for indemnification and funeral expenses, with moral damages to be set during sentence execution.
- The decision complies with a Supreme Court mandate that rejected sentence reductions based on the offender’s youth or reintegration claims in feminicide cases.
- The case saw a 2023 conviction at 50 years later cut to 42 years and six months by a state tribunal, a reduction overturned after federal review and the Supreme Court’s intervention.
- Jessica González was reported missing on September 21, 2020, found dead days later near Morelia, and her partner was arrested shortly after in Jalisco; her brother has urged attention to alleged accomplices.