Sexual abuse and female homicide rates in Latin America are starting to become alarming. In a country where machismo is seen as the dominant factor, women are often not taken seriously when it comes to rapes and sex-based hate crimes.
On Wednesday, Fernanda Cruzado decided to make her daughter’s case public with the hopes of finding justice in Boca del Río, a city located in the state of Veracruz, which has been recently labeled by Proceso magazine as “The State Without Law.”
“The happenings took place on Saturday [March 12] and my daughter found out there was a video on Monday. She couldn’t remember what happened because of the state she was in,” Cruzado told Grupo Fórmula. “That same Monday, a friend sent her a link to a porn website, in which she was featured. Then she started receiving calls, texts; she was being harassed.”
The concerned mother named José Francisco Pereda Ceballos, Serafín González García, Osvaldo Rafael Cruz, and Cruz’s cousin as the attackers. She added that they recorded the rape and immediately posted it on a pornographic website. Charges were pressed 10 days after the assault.
“Right now they are following up on the case and they are doing research to gather up information and finish the file,” Cruzado said. “After that, they will call the suspects in and authorities will decide what to do then. I hope that God guides them and that the law is followed.”
The state of Veracruz recently made the headlines after a father shared a video of “Los Porkys de Boca del Río” confessing to have raped his daughter last year. The case became controversial when it was disclosed that local officials were protecting the attackers because they belong to the state’s political circle.
Milenio.com reports none of the names related to Cruzado’s case appear to be related to any of the State’s high functionaries.
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