Ricardo Mejia BerdejaUndersecretary for Security (SSPC), stated that there is “very solid items” to advance the judicialization of alleged material and intellectual authors of murder from lawyer and activist Cecilia Monzón, occurred in the state of Puebla.
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“In the case of the activist lawyer on gender issues Cecilia Monzon Perezthere is permanent communication with the governor Miguel Barbosa and the attorney general Gilbert Higuerawho have been in contact with the victim’s family,” he said.
Expert reports, video recordings, telephony and interviews continue, and there are very solid elements to be able to move forward in a very short time with the prosecution once morest alleged perpetrators and masterminds of this criminal act,” he added in the morning conference at the National Palace.
The lawyer and activist died last Saturday, May 21, when her car was shot at by two hitmen who approached her on a motorcycle while she was driving through San Pedro Cholulalocality of the state of Puebla.
Cecilia Monzon, with Spanish and Mexican citizenships, was a well-known defender of women’s rights and a lawyer. She had applied on multiple occasions for protection from the state of Puebla as a result of the numerous threats of which he had been a victim in recent years.
The president of Mexico, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, regretted this murder at the beginning of the week, of which he assured that it is “a very painful issue”, since “it was an execution, it was hitmen who murdered her. Without a doubt, they were regarding her.”
The murder of Cecilia Monzón has caused dozens of protests by women and has also been condemned by the Office in Mexico of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (ONU-DH), the European Union and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Spanish Government.
With information from López-Dóriga Digital and EFE
