Court Sentences Two Mexican Army Officers to 30 Years for Femicide

[discocrisco01]

Source: Reuters

A court in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas has sentenced two army officers to 30 years in prison for femicide over the killing a female soldier, the state attorney general's office said on Friday.

In addition to handing down the jail terms, the court ordered the army captains to each pay a fine of almost 520,000 pesos ($25,194) for killing the 28-year-old woman in April 2019, according to the attorney general's office.

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[Mary in S. Carolina]

1. That is great news!!

I am glad that Chiapas is serving justice for women. I have traveled the world and Chiapas is one of the most beautiful places I have ever been. I am glad to hear these punks are in prison.

[niyad]

2. Would you consider cross-posting this in Women's Rights And Issues? Thanks in

advance.

I am glad to see an actual sentence for this crime.