Overview

• Erick David B. C. voluntarily presented himself on July 23 at the Centro Especializado en Reinserción Social para Adolescentes in Chihuahua to begin a four-year, eight-month detention.
• A collegiate tribunal of the Federal Judiciary rejected his amparo on July 15, blocking his bid to serve the entire sentence under house arrest.
• After completing his time in the juvenile facility, he must serve an additional one year and two months of house arrest as part of the court’s ruling.
• Victim Mya Naomi Villalobos Saldaña survived the October 2022 attack with life-threatening injuries and has endured extensive medical and psychological rehabilitation.
• Feminist and human rights groups have called for reforms to the Special Juvenile Justice Law to include attempted femicide and raise the age limit for serious offenses.