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Puebla Court Convicts Ex-PRI Figure Javier López Zavala for Ordering Feminicide of Cecilia Monzón

Sentencing shifts to a separate hearing, with the family seeking the 60-year maximum.

Overview

  • A three-judge tribunal found López Zavala guilty as the intellectual author, and also convicted Jair N. and Silvestre N. as the material perpetrators.
  • Prosecutors say he directed the attack and supplied the gun and motorcycle used in the May 21, 2022 killing in San Pedro Cholula.
  • The oral trial spanned about eight months and roughly 80 hearings after delays that drew criticism from the family and women’s rights groups.
  • Feminist collectives accompanied the case throughout, and the proceedings helped propel the proposed “Ley Monzón” to strip parental rights from convicted feminicides.
  • Puebla Governor Alejandro Armenta publicly denied any interference and called for strict application of the law.