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"Many things were done wrong": Debanhi Escobar's parents continue to demand justice one year after his mysterious death

2023-04-09T19:28:35.427Z


The 18-year-old student disappeared on April 9, 2022 after leaving her home to attend a party in Monterrey. Twelve days later her body was found in the cistern of an abandoned motel.


by EFE

The mystery of the disappearance and death of the Mexican Debanhi Escobar celebrates one year this Sunday without being clarified, and has become an emblematic case of the crisis of violence against women in Mexico, denounced her parents, Mario Escobar and Dolores Bazaldúa, who They are still waiting for justice.

The parents of the young woman recalled, in an interview with EFE, that the case had to be brought by the Attorney General of the Republic (FGR) due to the failures and omissions of the authorities of Nuevo León, in northern Mexico, where recorded the fact.

"The case has been very slow, it's already been a year, there are many things that have to be resolved," said Escobar, who along with his wife assured that they will not rest until the person or persons responsible for the disappearance and femicide of their daughter pay for their crimes.

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The 18-year-old law student disappeared on April 9, 2022 after leaving her home to attend a party in a farm in the municipality of Escobedo, in the metropolitan area of ​​Monterrey, the state capital.

Twelve days later, her body was found in a disused cistern at the Nueva Castilla Motel, a building near the place where she was last seen.

"Many things were done wrong"

For Escobar, the Debanhi case became emblematic and transcended borders, because it evidenced what hundreds of women victims of disappearance and femicide live in the country, whose cases have not been resolved either.

They wanted to see it as an accident and we showed them that no [...], that it was a femicide"

"Beyond the femicide, it was a situation that is representing all the women of Nuevo León, all the women of the country, many women from all over the world," she mentioned.

Escobar denounced that the Nuevo León authorities tried to "shelf" the case after affirming that the young woman died from a deep contusion to the skull, for which the strongest line of investigation pointed out that she had accidentally fallen into the tank.

However, Escobar requested the exhumation of the body and a second autopsy, carried out by federal authorities, revealed that he died of suffocation, specifically due to obstruction of the respiratory orifices.

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In addition, the team led by Dr. Edmundo Takashi Medina, director of the Institute of Forensic Sciences of the Superior Court of Justice of Mexico City, found that he would have died between three and five days before the discovery of the body.

"He set a precedent internationally that many things were done wrong," Escobar said.

[A second autopsy reveals that Debanhi Escobar suffered a sexual assault and his death was due to a murder]

He added that

his daughter's case uncovered "the dark things" that happen within the Nuevo León Prosecutor's Office

and that relatives of other victims were afraid to say.

"We did not agree with any of the expert [investigations] that they did. When they [...] wanted to see it as an accident and we showed them that no, that we were right, that it was a femicide, that Debanhi did not fall alone and that there is a lot behind this," said Escobar.

Forensic experts exhume the body of Debanhi Susana Escobar on July 1 in the municipality of Galeana, Nuevo León.EFE

For his part, Bazaldúa commented that this year, after the disappearance and femicide of his daughter, it has been difficult, especially because they cannot overcome his absence.

“Our life has totally changed and it has been difficult because

we have also had to learn to live without it

,” she shared.

The authorities, under scrutiny

For their part, members of the organization United Forces for Our Disappeared in Nuevo León (FUNDENL) agreed that the disappearance of Debanhi exhibited the deficient work of state authorities.

"We also saw how all the omissions, negligence, and lies of public servants were exhibited both within the General Prosecutor's Office, as well as the Special Prosecutor for Disappeared Persons and the Local Search Commission," said Irma Leticia Hidalgo, founder of the organization.

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And Angélica Orozco, a member of the group, said that what is also worrisome is that in Nuevo León disappearances and femicides continue without anyone doing anything about it.

[They find a new piece of evidence that deepens the doubts about the death of Debanhi Escobar]

He explained that in the state there are around

1,800 missing women.

"We see that they have not found the people who were disappeared years ago, but we also see that women continue to disappear in Nuevo León and throughout Mexico," he said.

Source: telemundo

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