According to the most recent information, a judge from the Attorney General of the State of Mexico acquitted the young Roxana Ruiz, who was sentenced to six years in prison for murdering her rapist for allegedly exceeding legitimate defense. Although this news is very encouraging for the 23-year-old woman, there is still the possibility that the other party will appeal the sentence and the legal process will continue.
In addition, Roxana’s lawyer, attorney Ángel Carrera, indicated that as long as there is no final sentence or that these are modified, the Oaxacan will continue with the same precautionary measures, that is, the young woman must periodically go to the courts of the Neza- Board and will not be able to leave the State of Mexico.
The hearing held last weekend in the Neza-bordo prison resulted in the withdrawal of the judge to carry out all criminal proceedings against Roxana, who is accused of the crime of homicide and for which she was sentenced to six years and two months in prison, which means that Roxana can be released, as long as the family of the deceased today does not appeal the dismissal.
Roxana’s case is one of the most controversial that has arisen in the country due to the context in which the murder of the alleged sexual offender identified as Sinaí Cruz occurred. Let us remember that this happened in the early morning of May 8, 2021, when Roxana was invited by a friend to live together and drink alcoholic beverages in the company of other people, including Sinai Cruz.
According to Roxana, after having lived together for a while, she decided to go home and the young man from Guerrero told her that he would accompany her. However, when she was at her home, the man asked her permission to sleep there, since she had gotten late, to which she agreed and gave him a mat on the floor for him to sleep on.
Once they got ready to sleep, things began to go wrong when the subject in question got into Roxana’s bed and began to sexually abuse her, threatening to kill her if she objected. Of course, the young woman tried to defend herself against her and, because of this, she hit him on the head, strangled him with a shirt and tried to dismember him to get rid of her body, but she did not succeed. Because of that, she put it in a sack and took it out of her house, that’s when the municipal police arrested her.
Following these events, the presiding magistrate of the Superior Court of Justice of the State of Mexico, Ricardo Sodi Cuellar, explained that the young woman is not the victim, but the deceased man and that the six-year sentence was handed down because even when the young woman was sexually abused, there was excess of legitimate defense. That is why it is believed that the relatives of Sinai will appeal her acquittal.
For her part, Roxana assured that she appreciates the change in attitude of the ministerial authorities, but considers that the prosecution should have started by acknowledging, from the beginning of the trial, her innocence. In addition, he indicated that he will request protection measures for her, the members of the collectives We want to live Neza and Libertad for Roxana and hers, her lawyer, since they have received threats from “those who support the rapist.”
At the moment, it has not been revealed if the appeal has already been launched by the relatives of Sinai, but it is convenient to clarify that in view of the alleged threats that Roxana has received, she is in a safe place waiting for that the authorities grant him protection and the final resolution.