Breathe
By Gloria Piña
Layda Sansores' participation as the first female governor of Campeche was not a guarantee to give respect, effective attention and dignity to women victims and survivors of gender violence who are waiting for justice.
Neither was the historic change of government that left the PRI out of Campeche's decision-making process, after it had governed the state since 1928.
The arrival of the Morena party to power has also failed to ensure that justice is clear, expeditious and that victims are protected.
Mr. President, now that you are visiting the state of Campeche to give your fifth government report, turn your attention to the women who are still waiting and clamoring for justice in cases of feminicidal violence.
A clear example is the struggle of Jeysol Amaya, a survivor of attempted femicide who managed to resist in January 2015 an attack of 37 stab wounds with which her ex-partner, Rodrigo Paredes, tried to take her life.
Eight years have passed without justice, comprehensive reparation for the year, calm, or security for the life of the survivor of femicide. She lost her life, her health, her employment and well-being, while her aggressor has been protected by the protection and indolence of unpunished governments.
Despite the fact that since 2018 a 30-year prison sentence was achieved against Rodrigo Paredes for attempted femicide, he is at liberty, a fugitive from justice and with the protection of Campeche government officials. The government changed from PRI to Morena, but the injustice remains.
This sentence was the first in Campeche for attempted femicide, and was achieved after three years of fighting in court to prove that the 37 stab wounds Rodrigo inflicted on Jeysol's body were intended to kill her.
It seems logical, but the machismo of judges and public ministries in Campeche denied recognizing it as an attempted femicide, claiming that they were only injuries that did not put her life at risk and took less than 15 days to heal. Even some doctors from the Public Prosecutor's Office tried to affirm that she herself stabbed her back, neck, arms and legs until she became unconscious.
Like Layda Sansores, Jeysol Amaya and the lawyers of the Observatorio Ciudadano del Feminicidio who handled the case also made history in Campeche.
The entire legal struggle and the implementation of anthropological expertise with a gender perspective in the trial led to the case being tried as attempted femicide.
Campeche became the first state to include this crime in its laws. Currently, only four states in the country contemplate this figure: Puebla, Nuevo León, and Durango.
Despite this, survivors of attempted femicide also have to navigate a misogynist system that still resists investigating cases with a gender perspective and recognizing when they are in danger.
EMEEQUIS published a report in which we revealed that of the 1,958 investigation files opened in three years for attempted femicide in Mexico, only 13% of the victims were granted protection measures, leaving the rest helpless to be assaulted.
With the change of government in Campeche, Jeysol Amaya's protection measures were withdrawn and with it the little guarantee that her aggressor would not attack her again, even committing femicide.
In eight years of struggle, he has not been able to access a full reparation for the damage that would cover his hospital stay, the studies and surgeries he requires to recover his health.
The violence against her body left her with serious injuries and affectations. She lost the temporary mobility of her joints, has problems walking, still has damage to her oral cords and abnormal breathing that has not been cured.
The state of Campeche is obligated, through the direct amparo 11/86/2018, to provide her with eight million pesos in reparations for moral damages, proportional to her medical needs, payment of lawyers and what she failed to repay for the attempted femicide.
However, three weeks ago, through amparo 250/2023, he was notified that the amount had been reduced to 200,000 pesos, an amount that is not even enough to cover his health expenses.
This case is an example that neither with PRI governments, nor with the arrival of Morena, women are safe and justice is on their side.
Mr. President, look at Campeche beyond measuring your achievements. Show that your government is the "most feminist in history" by giving victims and survivors access to the justice that the State has denied them.
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