Former deputy Juan Antonio N, alleged intellectual author of the acid attack on saxophonist María Elena Ríos, was arrested in Oaxaca.
Through social media, the governor of Oaxaca, Alejandro Murat, confirmed the arrest and noted that later the Prosecutor’s Office and the State Security Secretariat will provide more data.
We have arrested Juan Antonio Vera Carrizal who will face justice for the terrible event of violence committed against María Elena Ríos, young Oaxacan saxophonist. Later, the @FISCALIA_GobOax and @SSP_GobOax give you more data.
— Alejandro Murat (@alejandromurat) April 6, 2020
Last February, the State Prosecutor’s Office offered a million pesos to anyone who provided information about former deputy Juan Antonio N.
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For the attack on Maria Elena, the Prosecutor’s Office has arrested two other men, identified as material perpetrators and who will be prosecuted under the crime of attempted femicide.
The victim’s sister has protection from the municipal and ministerial police, because of the threats the family has received.
María Elena Ríos was attacked with acid on September 11, 2019, a fact she pointed out Juan N, a gas station entrepreneur, a former deputy from the PRI and his former partner as an intellectual manager.
The Authorities in Oaxaca are still looking for two people identified as intermediaries in the attack.
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Up to 40 years in prison for acid attack
On March 5, the Oaxaca Congress approved a reform of the Penal Code to punish up to 40 years in prison those who attack women with chemical agents or corrosive substances on the basis of gender.
If the attacks infer a health disturbance or any other damage that leaves material fingerprint on the victim’s body, the penalty will be 20 to 30 years in prison, in addition to a fine of 200 to 500 UMAS.
In the event of a kinship relationship by inbreeding, civil affinity, marriage, concubine, courtship, employment or teacher relationship between the victim and the attacker, the penalty could reach up to 40 years in prison.
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