Arrested, tortured and convicted of a crime he did not commit: Keren Ordognez regains freedom after nearly a decade in prison

Keren Selsy Ordonez Hernández is 29 years old and has spent the last nine years and four months in a Tlaxcala prison, accused of participating in the kidnapping of a woman in 2015, a crime he did not commit. The High Court of Justice of that state has overturned on Wednesday the sentence of 50 years of imprisonment that weighed on her since 2019 and that was ratified in 2024, for not having evidence to incriminate her and after recognizing that …

Keren Ordoñez Hernández spent almost 10 years in jail unjustly, accused by the Tlaxcala Prosecutor's Office of belonging to a gang of kidnappers; this happened. The entity's judiciary ordered his absolute release by recognizing serious violations of due process, which were key to his illegal detention, such as: Torture Incommunication Trial without a gender perspective Related news: Miguel 'N', Presunto Feminicida de Iztacalco, Se Burló en Llama…

Mexico City.- After spending more than nine years in prison, Keren Selsy Ordúñez Hernández, who, according to various civil human rights organizations, was the victim of arbitrary detention, was released on Wednesday. The Criminal Chamber and Specialized in Administration of Justice for Adolescents of the Tlaxcala High Court of Justice decided the appeal filed by Ordñez and his defence and overturned the conviction against her, on a charge of ki…

Keren Selsy Ordoñez Hernández, a torture survivor, accused of a kidnapping he did not commit and facing criminal proceedings marked by multiple irregularities, was released after spending nearly 10 years in prison. In 2024 she received a 50-year prison sentence despite the fact that there was no single evidence against her, that her detention had multiple irregularities, her case was never tried with a gender perspective, nor were the acts of to…

Claudia Orozco After almost nine years in prison, young Keren Selsy Ordoñez Hernández was released after the judges of the Criminal Chamber and Specialized in Justice for Adolescents of the Judicial Branch of Tlaxcala unanimously overturned the first instance sentence that sentenced her to 50 years in prison for kidnapping [...]

After surviving torture by Tlaxcalteca ministerial police and facing for almost a decade a criminal trial marked by discrimination and irregularities, Keren Selsy Ordúñez Hernández obtained his freedom on Wednesday, April 16, according to the Miguel Agustín Pro Juárez Center for Human Rights (Centro Proh).This civil organization rigorously documented the violations [...] The Keren entry gets his freedom after almost a decade in prison for a crim…