Yakiri Rubio, Mexico City Woman Charged With Manslaughter For Killing Rapist, Is Released On Bail

Milenio reports that 20-year-old Mexico City woman Yakiri Rubio, who was accused of killing one of her two rapists in self-defense in December and has remained in detention since then, will be released on Wednesday from jail. Rubio, who had called police for help immediately after the incident, telling them she had been raped by two men in a nearby hotel, was initially charged with manslaughter after authorities found the body of Miguel Ángel Rodríguez in the room where the rape had occurred. That charge was later reduced to “an excess of force in self-defense” amid a mounting public outcry.

Rubio’s father, José Luis Rubio, told reporters in mid-December that his daughter had been overtaken in the neighborhood of Doctores, near the city’s rough historical center, by Miguel Ángel Rodríguez and his brother Omar, who insulted her, threatened her with a knife and forced her into a hotel, where they raped her. José Luis added that Miguel Ángel Rodríguez, who had led the attack, had tried to stab her – an attack from which his daughter managed to defend herself by twisting his wrist back toward her attacker, cutting his throat in the process.

According to La Jornada, the Mexico City attorney general’s office had justified the manslaughter charges by saying the body of Ángel Rodríguez had evidence of 16 stab wounds. Authorities say text messages found on the phones of both Yakiri and Miguel point to a romantic relationship between the two at the time of the attacks, and maintain that she had entered the hotel of her own accord. El Universal writes that Yakiri’s father says he fears for the safety of his daughter even after she is released, pointing to the existence of a third brother who says he will seek revenge. "We are going to take action and the whole case has been presented to the Inter American Human Rights Commission, in Washington. We are asking the federal government for help... and the human rights commissions. We want to find a way to protect Yaki," he said.