«If they free him, and he runs away and murders me, burn it all down!»
«If they free him, and he runs away and murders me, burn it all down!»
«On average, 10 women or girls are killed in Mexico every day».
«If they free him, and he runs away and murders me, burn it all down1!» stated Elena Ríos, a saxophonist from the Mixteca region of Oaxaca (@brujamixteca).
Ríos was the victim of an acid attack in September 2019, orchestrated by the former deputy of the PRI [Revolutionary Institutional Party], Juan Antonio Vera Carrizal2. In 2020, the direct perpetrators of the chemical injury confirmed the responsibility of the businessman and politician, who offered 30 thousand pesos in exchange for workers from one of his construction projects to commit the assault on the 26-year-old woman.
«With a made-up hearing and an agreement reached today, my aggressor was released. This is #Mexico», the musician declared via her Twitter account after a judge in the state of Oaxaca decreed house arrest for the politician and intellectual author of the femicide attempt.
The saxophonist stated3 her aggressor falsely affirmed that he is ill, thus managing to get a lower precautionary measure, guaranteeing him house arrest.
«I am not leaving Mexico, [but] I am a survivor who is denied protection», she expressed to Desinformémonos last year4. Out of five of the men who attacked her, four remained in preventive prison for more than a year without being sentenced, and one faced no consequences.
More than 1,000 femicides occurred in Mexico in 2021, second only to Brazil according to the Associated Press5:
«On average, 10 women or girls are killed in Mexico every day».
Source: Elena’s Twitter account, January 21, 2023.
Redacción Desinformémonos, «Con una audiencia maquillada, mi agresor ha quedado libre»: saxofonista María Elena Ríos, January of 2023.
Manzo, Diana. Desinformémonos, “Soy una sobreviviente a la que le niegan protección”: María Elena Ríos. May 2022.
Sánchez, Fabiola and Pesce, Fernanda. Femicides in Mexico, December 27, 2022