Elements of the Puebla Prosecutor’s Office beat and gased relatives of Zyanya Estefanía Figueroa Becerril, a victim of femicide.
The young woman’s relatives sought to prevent eviction from the department where Zyanya was killed.
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In a protest outside the property, the family assured that of more than 80 signs in the property, only 5 had been recovered, so they accused
omissive and negative practices of the Puebla Public Prosecutor’s Office to clarify the facts.
The family and its legal advisers noted at a press conference that the Public Prosecutor’s Office should maintain control of the property, in the absence of independent expertise and the reconstruction of the facts.
After a press conference, relatives moved to the Puebla Prosecutor’s Office where they attempted a protest but were beaten and gas-held to repel them, according to videos and photographs taken by Side B.
#VIDEO Here is the exact moment where FGE personnel gass the protesters to demand #JusticiaParaZyanya.
Courtesy: @Poblanerias pic.twitter.com/St4rEgccNp
— SideB (@ladobemx) May 21, 2021
“We are chained until justice is done on the Zyanya case and all the women killed violently, they will not silence us!” reaffirmed relatives after the assault and those who remain waiting for the prosecutor to receive them.
Our fellow @aranhera and @ovalehm, and colleagues who were in @FiscaliaPuebla were also sprayed.
A lady saw prosecutors hide the gas and went out to spray it indiscriminately, #JusticiaParaZyanya
— Mely Arellano (@melyarel) May 21, 2021
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The National Observatory of Femicide (OCNF) and the Fray Francisco de Vitoria Center for Human Rights denounced the aggression and claimed that there is negligence of the authorities in the case.
According to both organizations, since May 10, a District judge issued a amparo ruling on behalf of the victims to restart the investigation into Zyanya Figueroa Becerril’s violent death.
PUEBLA | ?? From the National Citizen Observatory of Femicide we demand that the @FiscaliaPuebla stop the assaults against the Figueroa Becerril family and against members of the @OCNF including Mrs. Irinea Buendía! pic.twitter.com/OH6NmAFhNb
— FeminicideOCNF (@OCNF) May 21, 2021
In the judgment, they claim, the investigation into Zyanya’s death is ordered to be re-conducted in order to confirm or rule out possible femicide; consider various protocols for investigating women’s deaths; explore all possible research lines; and find out if the body had any displays of violence, and specifically sexual violence.
“On Wednesday, May 19, 2021, a hearing was held, which was not notified to eer the accompanying family or lawyers. Otherwise it was until the night of Thursday, May 20, 2021, that they were informed that today, May 21, 2021, the eviction of the property where Zyanya Estefanía Figueroa Becerril was killed would take place,” they claimed.
In addition, they reported that the family has received intimidation, harassment and harassment. so they called on the authorities of the state of Puebla to investigate with a gender perspective, respecting international and national human rights standards.
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