Debanhi Escobar: Government of Mexico announces third autopsy to clarify the cause of death of the young woman

The government of Mexico announced this Thursday that he will do a third autopsy on the body of Debanhi Escobar18-year-old girl found dead almost a month ago in a motel in the northern state of New Lion whose alleged femicide remains unsolved.

“Yesterday at the follow-up meeting there was also consent to seek a third opinion, a third opinionto strengthen the analysis and fully and absolutely clarify what was the cause of death of Debanhi”, exposed Ricardo Mejía, Undersecretary of Security of Mexico.

LOOK: How the death of Debanhi Escobar exposes “show justice” in Mexico

The Government of Mexico has promised to clarify the still mysterious death of Debanhi, whose body appeared on April 21 in a motel cistern in the northern state of Nuevo León after disappearing on April 9.

The last photo we have of Debanhi Escobar and that was allegedly taken by the driver who looked for her at the party to take her home (Credit: Instagram/@debanhi.escobar).

A first autopsy of the Nuevo Leon Prosecutor’s Office stated that he died of a “deep skull contusion”but last week an independent expert opinion was leaked, requested by the family, which revealed “traces of a violent sexual relationship” and blows that indicate a presumed murder.

LOOK: Debanhi Escobar: the taxi driver gave new details and revealed why the young woman got out of the car angry

Undersecretary Mejía commented that “Both opinions have differences, one appreciates that there was no sexual assault, another appreciates that there was, and different causes of death.”

“Consequently, what is sought is to be able to issue a technical opinion in order to be able to unify criteria on what was the cause of Debanhi’s death”he argued at the morning press conference at the National Palace.

Debanhi’s death has caused an international stir for the image that went viral of her abandoned on the road by a taxi driver who allegedly harassed her, and for the alleged failures of the Nuevo León Prosecutor’s Office, which first investigated the case as an accident.

The notoriety of the case motivated the president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, to meet last week with Debanhi’s parents, who have criticized the actions of the Nuevo León Prosecutor’s Office.

“There is a commitment to strengthen collaboration to exhaust all lines of investigation, clarify the truth of the facts and that there is no impunity,” Undersecretary Mejía now reiterated.

The federal official also reported that “in the chain of custody, the Nuevo Leon Prosecutor’s Officethe femicide area, will send video recording equipment, recordings, telephony, to the technical areas of the Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection so that they can be analyzed.

Source: Elcomercio