A battered woman in prison and a dismissed prosecutor: the case of Mafer Turrent shakes justice in Mexico City

The case of María Fernanda Turrent has caused an earthquake in Mexico City’s prosecution of justice. The woman denounced her former partner, Édgar González, for gender-based violence in 2023. She in turn received several lawsuits for procedural fraud, detention of minors, violation of correspondence and false testimony. She was arrested on January 22 and sent to prison.

A couple of investigation kits are still pending, but after a civil mobilization — carried out by activists and family — a judge decided not to link to the trial and to release María Fernanda (Mafer) Turrent, charged with alleged detention of minors. Her case has been taken as an example of the series of obstacles to access to justice and has revealed an alleged network of corruption that is woven within the Mexican justice system. Reason? Photo…

The judge in charge of the Mafer Turrent case ordered her immediate release, and determined that she would not be bound to trial after being accused by her former partner, Edgar, of crimes such as juvenile detention and fraud. The young Veracruzana, victim of threats, extreme family violence and vicarious violence by the father of her children, was deprived of her liberty on 22 January, when she went to a hearing on the charges against her. Citl…

After the dismissal of the Investigative Prosecutor’s Office, Mafer Turrent had a 10-hour hearing and a new judge ordered her release Regeneración, 28 […] The entry María Fernanda Turrent, victim of vicarious violence, finally free appeared first on RegeneraciónMX.

A judge decided not to link Mafer Turrent, who remained in pretrial detention for almost a week after being pointed out by his former juvenile detention partner. The post Mafer Turrent, victim of vicarious violence, is free and untied to trial first appeared on SinEmbargo MX.Read the full text in sinembargo.mx

Judge Griselda Guevara decided not to link María Fernanda Turrent to the trial, which is why she was released after being sent to prison after being charged with corruption of minors by her ex-husband. After a hearing that lasted almost 11 hours, the woman left the courts of the colony Doctors, mayor's office Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City where she was received by her relatives. The woman's lawyer, Miguel Ángel Aguilar, explained that the justice prov…