Lawyer and human rights defender Patricia Susana Rivera Reyes was murdered Sunday night in Tijuana, Baja California.
Although the state attorney’s office has not provided information about the case, Gov. Maria del Pilar confirmed the murder.
“I extend my condolences and support to your loved ones; we are already working to prevent impunity and do justice,” he posted.
I join in the grief of the family of Patricia Susana Rivera Reyes, a lawyer and human rights defender, after her death.
I extend my condolences and support to your loved ones; we are already working to prevent impunity and deliver justice. pic.twitter.com/fqy8WturP3
— Marina del Pilar (@MarinadelPilar) March 21, 2022
Meanwhile, the State Human Rights Commission of Baja California (CEDHBC) condemned the murder and demanded that the authorities clarify the facts, where a professor at the Technological Institute of Tijuana (ITT) was also injured.
According to the commission itself, Patricia Rivera Reyes was dedicated to the defense of the rights of indigenous communities and was also a counselor of the Autonomous Public Organism in the then Attorney General’s Office of Baja California.
“The ombudsperson, Miguel Ángel Mora Marrufo, underlined the call for an expeditious process of the case, given that any attack on human rights defenders is an offense to society,” the agency said in a position.
So far, neither the Ministry of the Interior nor the Undersecretary of Human Rights, Population and Migration, Alejandro Encinas, have released information on the case.
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