A new hero (or so we hope) to combat femicides
Attention, ladies and gentlemen! The Attorney General of Morelos, Edgar Maldonado Ceballos, has decided that the problem of femicides is resolved with… *drum roll*… another appointment! Yes, because what was missing in this country was more bureaucracy. We present Héctor Miguel Ortiz Acosta, the new head of the Specialized Prosecutor’s Office for the Investigation and Prosecution of the Crime of Femicide. Because, of course, what we need is another position with a long name instead of results.
An impressive resume or another formality?
Ortiz Acosta does not arrive in diapers: he was in the prosecutor’s office against feminicides in CDMX, where he directed the investigation of the Ariadna Fernanda case. Do you remember that scandal? Former Morelos prosecutor Uriel Carmona was accused of cover-up. What a precedent for the new team, right? But don’t worry, he comes with a master’s degree in criminalistics and a specialty in oral trials. Because, as we all know, academic degrees are an absolute guarantee that there will be no more corpses of women in the streets.
She replaces Fabiola García Betanzos, who in her farewell said the pearl that “feminicide is the maximum expression of hatred towards women”. Thank you, Captain Obvia! That explains why, under his watch, the numbers continued to rise. But don’t worry, the new prosecutor promises to redouble his efforts. What does that mean? More meetings? Another protocol? Or maybe, just maybe, something that works?
In case anyone doubts it, Mr. Ortiz Acosta participated in working groups to reform the criminal offense of feminicide and even helped to include transfeminicide in the Penal Code. Bravo! Now the victims will be able to be murdered under equal conditions. Isn’t it wonderful?
The big question: will it be of any use?
While the prosecutor Edgar Maldonado asks the newcomer to fight feminicide (what a novelty!), the women of Morelos continue waiting for the speech to turn into action. Because, let’s be honest, in this country appointments are usually like fireworks: a lot of noise, little effectiveness.
So, dear public, we leave you with this reflection: how many more prosecutors will we need before the figures stop being a macabre statistic and become a less bloody reality?
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