Juan Antonio Vera Carrizalaccused of attempted femicide against the saxophonist Maria Elena Rios, will not be released from prison after a court in Oaxaca revoked his release.
A judge of the Trial Court of the Judicial Circuit of the Mixteca ordered that Juan Antonio Vera Carrizal, Ruvicel Hernández Ríos and Rubén Loaeza Charrez, involved in the acid attack against María Elena Ríos, not be released after the order of acquittal of the Judge Jose Gabriel Ramirez Montano.
Vera Carrizal and the other two accused people remain in prison in the San Francisco Tanivet prisonlocated in Tlacolula de Matamoros, Oaxaca.
María Elena Ríos case: Oaxaca court nullifies order to release Juan Antonio Vera Carrizal
Judge Maria Antonia Esteva Dominguez revoked the Release of Juan Antonio Vera Carrizal and two others involved in the attempted femicide to remain imprisoned in the San Francisco Tanivet prison with the same precautionary measures.
“The release order that was ordered in favor of the accused is nullified aforementioned and it is ordered that they be allowed to enter so that they can continue, with the precautionary measure originally imposed in this criminal case, this, in accordance with the agreement issued on August 14, 2024,” the document states.
The determination issued by the judge came after she acted as a substitute judge of the Trial Court after the Oaxaca Prosecutor’s Office filed a appeal resource against the ruling of Judge Ramírez Montaño, in which he presumes alleged acts of corruption on his part.
The Oaxaca Prosecutor’s Office stated that evidence, statements, hundreds of pages of the investigation file have been presented, and that even so the judge issued an acquittal against Juan Antonio Vera Carrizal, which shows that the legal process lacked a gender perspective.
The trial for attempted femicide of María Elena Ríos will be reinstated
The presiding magistrate of the Judicial Branch in Oaxaca, Berenice Ramírez Jiménez, indicated that the Superior Court of Justice of Oaxaca The trial of Maria Elena Rios will resume against his alleged attackers for the crime of attempted femicide.
Berenice Ramírez Jiménez said that the tentative date to restart the process would be next Tuesday, August 20, and another judge will renew the process after the evidence is presented and then issue the final sentence.
On the other hand, he assured that the investigation will continue to determine if there was corruption in the judge’s actions and then resolve the matter. if a penalty will be applied.
Maria Elena Rios (Cuartoscuro / Mario Jasso)
2024-08-15 17:16:40