WEBVTT 00:17.726 --> 00:19.519 JUSTICE 00:19.602 --> 00:21.021 [horn blares] 00:21.104 --> 00:23.231 [indistinct chatter] 00:23.314 --> 00:25.525 -[man] You'll be here at the entrance? -[woman 1] Yes. 00:29.571 --> 00:30.947 INVESTIGATIVE POLICE 00:33.283 --> 00:34.451 [distant chanting] 00:37.120 --> 00:39.914 [woman 2] None of us should have to be here right now. 00:39.998 --> 00:44.169 And yet we're still looking for ways to repair a wounded nation, 00:44.252 --> 00:47.547 where extreme violence is on the rise every day. 00:48.047 --> 00:51.092 And today, the issue is very simple. 00:51.176 --> 00:54.179 It's the full reparation for all of the damage done. 00:54.262 --> 00:57.724 Reparation? I don't know if we can be repaired. 00:57.807 --> 01:02.395 I don't know if what was broken so long ago can ever be repaired 01:02.479 --> 01:06.232 due to the pain of losing one of our daughters and one of our sisters, 01:06.316 --> 01:10.070 with the damage and the scars that we survivors must bear. 01:11.780 --> 01:14.949 We have called for an open dialogue with the authorities. 01:15.033 --> 01:19.162 We are demanding a dialogue with the Femicide Prosecutor's Office, 01:19.245 --> 01:21.206 with Sayuri, with Brenda Bazán. 01:21.289 --> 01:23.083 An open dialogue. 01:23.166 --> 01:25.293 We are saying it loud and clear. 01:25.794 --> 01:29.005 The State owes us an enormous debt. 01:29.631 --> 01:34.219 A debt that cannot be paid off with unfulfilled promises, 01:34.302 --> 01:38.264 with agreements that they have forgotten, with lost documents, 01:38.348 --> 01:41.226 nor with purple handkerchiefs in their hands. 01:41.726 --> 01:43.436 And not with the few convictions 01:43.520 --> 01:46.648 that we ourselves have had to wrest from the State. 01:47.148 --> 01:48.983 We want convictions. 01:49.484 --> 01:50.777 And sentences. 01:50.860 --> 01:52.612 We want due process. 01:52.695 --> 01:54.322 We want a gender perspective. 01:54.405 --> 01:56.866 We want them to do their jobs in the face of the violence 01:56.950 --> 01:59.160 that exists right here in our country, 01:59.244 --> 02:02.747 the violence that has taken so much from us with impunity. 02:03.957 --> 02:08.503 We want and we need full reparation for all of the damages, 02:08.586 --> 02:10.338 because it's very simple. 02:10.421 --> 02:11.881 It's our right. 02:11.965 --> 02:15.176 And from here going forward, these are our demands. 02:15.969 --> 02:17.387 [Sayuri] I heard them yesterday. 02:17.470 --> 02:20.974 I said, "It's good that, regardless of who you are siding with, 02:21.057 --> 02:24.644 you don't stop raising your concerns about what needs to be done." 02:24.727 --> 02:26.437 "It would be wrong if you did." 02:26.521 --> 02:28.898 If we start saying, "That's not my job, 02:28.982 --> 02:30.650 go to the next window, 02:30.733 --> 02:32.861 that's not my job, it's someone else's…" 02:32.944 --> 02:34.320 "Well, I did my job…" 02:35.655 --> 02:36.906 If you end up doing that, 02:36.990 --> 02:40.451 then maybe no one will ever be held responsible for a crime, 02:41.244 --> 02:42.537 for their conduct. 02:43.288 --> 02:46.791 So… that's just what I was telling you, right? 02:46.875 --> 02:48.668 That's why I chose to be here. 02:49.919 --> 02:54.382 I know that I decided to be responsible and accountable to the citizens. 02:54.465 --> 02:58.720 I can't shirk my responsibility and try and pass it on to someone else, 02:58.803 --> 03:02.932 because I know that there, in that place, and at that moment, 03:03.433 --> 03:06.853 I represent an authority figure, an institution. 03:09.355 --> 03:13.151 Also, I know that what they wanted was to express their anger, 03:13.234 --> 03:14.819 to express their outrage, 03:14.903 --> 03:18.990 to protest, to be seen, and to present their demands, 03:19.073 --> 03:21.993 and to show us all what remains to be done. 03:23.620 --> 03:25.288 [rapid electronic beeps] 03:25.371 --> 03:27.373 [mysterious music plays] 03:40.845 --> 03:42.847 [song in Spanish plays] 03:58.321 --> 04:03.284 THE PROSECUTOR 04:07.664 --> 04:09.707 -Good morning. -[man 1] Good morning. Have a good day. 04:09.791 --> 04:10.750 Thank you. 04:11.334 --> 04:13.044 -[man 2] Good morning. -Commander. 04:13.127 --> 04:14.587 -Good morning. -Good morning. 04:15.672 --> 04:16.881 Good morning. 04:18.716 --> 04:20.718 -We're ready. -[engine starts] 04:22.053 --> 04:23.638 [siren wails] 04:27.267 --> 04:30.979 [Sayuri] I thought that my time at the Prosecutor's Office was over. 04:33.856 --> 04:37.068 As a femicide prosecutor, I could no longer move forward. 04:37.902 --> 04:40.738 I mean, I had already reached my limit 04:40.822 --> 04:44.284 because I did not have the support of the gender crimes coordinator, 04:44.367 --> 04:47.078 who was my immediate superior. 04:47.161 --> 04:49.163 [tense music plays] 04:49.706 --> 04:54.294 [Sayuri] She would sometimes prevent us from getting phone records we requested, 04:54.377 --> 04:56.296 stop us from carrying out a search, 04:56.379 --> 04:59.507 and I also remember that once she called me to her office 04:59.590 --> 05:01.718 to yell at me, to attack me. 05:02.802 --> 05:06.347 She said to me, "I don't understand, I don't understand what you want." 05:07.849 --> 05:09.517 "Why don't you obey? Why don't you submit?" 05:09.600 --> 05:12.186 "Don't you want to advance in this institution?" 05:14.981 --> 05:16.357 [elevator beeps] 05:16.441 --> 05:19.986 [Sayuri] I had already submitted my resignation. I was ready to leave. 05:20.069 --> 05:21.279 [elevator dings] 05:21.362 --> 05:24.615 [Sayuri] I can't get along with someone who treats me so badly. 05:26.701 --> 05:27.785 [elevator beeps] 05:27.869 --> 05:29.370 [elevator dings] 05:29.454 --> 05:30.663 [Sayuri] Sometime later, 05:30.747 --> 05:33.833 the Attorney General called me into her office, 05:34.334 --> 05:36.878 and she told me that she had decided 05:36.961 --> 05:40.298 to remove this person from the position of coordinator, 05:40.381 --> 05:45.762 and she asked me if I would be willing to take on the position. 05:45.845 --> 05:48.389 GENERAL INVESTIGATION UNIT FOR GENDER CRIMES AND SPECIAL VICTIMS 05:49.057 --> 05:52.226 [Sayuri] And I said, "Yes. Yes, I'm ready." 05:52.310 --> 05:53.853 [distant phone ringing] 05:57.190 --> 06:00.860 HEAD OF THE GENDER-BASED SPECIALIZED UNIT FOR THE DA'S OFFICES 06:00.943 --> 06:03.946 [Sayuri] As a coordinator, the position would allow me 06:04.030 --> 06:07.825 to continue supervising the investigation of femicides 06:07.909 --> 06:12.789 and also to deal with other crimes that are committed against women, 06:13.456 --> 06:17.210 to address crimes involving human trafficking, 06:17.293 --> 06:19.545 to deal with domestic violence, 06:19.629 --> 06:22.757 to support the Prosecutor's Office for Sexual Crimes, 06:22.840 --> 06:26.844 to support the Prosecutor's Office for Prioritized and Vulnerable Groups. 06:28.054 --> 06:31.265 And once I was there, the workload increased. 06:38.314 --> 06:41.567 INVESTIGATIVE POLICE HEADQUARTERS 06:41.651 --> 06:45.238 Tania, how many arrest warrants have we executed? 78 or 79? 06:45.321 --> 06:46.781 [phone ringing] 06:46.864 --> 06:48.491 -[Tania] There are 78. -78? 06:48.574 --> 06:49.450 [Tania] Yeah. 06:50.243 --> 06:53.287 [commander] Well, we're doing poorly, very poorly, okay? Godínez? 06:54.831 --> 06:58.584 From my shift yesterday, they called me about the lady who was here earlier. 06:58.668 --> 07:00.044 -The one who said…? -Uh-huh. 07:00.128 --> 07:03.506 They saw him working as a loader there in the Central de Abastos. 07:03.589 --> 07:05.716 -As a loader? -She doesn't know, but they've seen him. 07:05.800 --> 07:08.344 [commander] Don't fuck with me. Central de Abastos will be tough. 07:08.428 --> 07:10.430 [officer 1] It's really crowded there, yeah. 07:10.513 --> 07:13.182 -They just told us it was in that area. -[officer 2] The flowers area? 07:13.266 --> 07:15.268 -In the flowers aisle. -In the flowers aisle? 07:15.351 --> 07:17.228 -[Tania] Oh, well… -That's a smaller area, dude. 07:17.311 --> 07:20.523 Give the summary to Tania, and send her a photo of the arrest warrant. 07:20.606 --> 07:22.650 -You can start the file, Tania. -Yes. 07:22.733 --> 07:26.195 The one who shot himself according to the traffic officer. 07:26.279 --> 07:29.490 Apparently, this week, the judge will request the arrest warrant. 07:29.574 --> 07:31.534 -[commander] Apparently? -This week, apparently. 07:31.617 --> 07:32.785 Okay, one, two… 07:32.869 --> 07:35.705 Look, Franco, if you carry out all those warrants, 07:36.205 --> 07:38.291 there would be about eight. 07:38.791 --> 07:41.335 [Godínez] We still have to go and complete the one right now. 07:42.462 --> 07:45.089 You can take December off if you put all these in. 07:45.173 --> 07:46.591 Now you really surprised us. 07:47.091 --> 07:49.886 [commander] All right, have a good day and let's get to it. 07:50.386 --> 07:51.429 [officer 3] Thank you. 07:51.512 --> 07:53.556 [distant chatter] 07:54.891 --> 07:57.059 [suspenseful music plays] 08:03.900 --> 08:07.069 [reporter 1] Ariadna Díaz was found dead in the La Pera area, 08:07.153 --> 08:10.031 on the road to Tepoztlán and Cuautla. 08:11.574 --> 08:13.784 [reporter 2] Some cyclists found her on the road, 08:13.868 --> 08:16.037 and the family is demanding justice. 08:16.120 --> 08:17.622 They're asking for an investigation 08:17.705 --> 08:20.500 and for the driver of this vehicle to be arrested. 08:20.583 --> 08:22.543 [Sayuri] We received a report 08:22.627 --> 08:29.550 of the discovery of a woman who was found dead in Morelos. 08:29.634 --> 08:32.553 And her characteristics could be a match 08:32.637 --> 08:36.390 for a missing person report which was filed in Mexico City. 08:37.934 --> 08:41.020 [Gustavo] The family started posting that she's missing. 08:41.103 --> 08:44.815 Coincidentally, the cyclist who was passing through the Morelos area 08:44.899 --> 08:47.235 contacted the family through social media. 08:47.318 --> 08:50.029 -[officer] Because of her tattoo? -Because of the tattoo. Right. 08:50.821 --> 08:52.823 [suspenseful music continues] 08:58.955 --> 09:01.666 Our team came to the decision that, 09:01.749 --> 09:06.254 regardless of the fact that the discovery was made in the State of Morelos, 09:06.337 --> 09:10.841 and that by then the media presumed that the femicide had occurred there, 09:10.925 --> 09:12.385 we thought it was important 09:12.468 --> 09:16.347 to open an investigation file in Mexico City for femicide 09:16.430 --> 09:20.268 because, in the end, we were not sure where the death had occurred. 09:20.351 --> 09:24.063 And I told them, "Open an investigation file." 09:24.146 --> 09:25.648 "We have a lead here." 09:27.984 --> 09:30.945 [Héctor] We had never opened a case like this before 09:31.028 --> 09:34.907 of a body found in a different state, but we had to act quickly. 09:37.451 --> 09:39.996 CASE FILE OPENED IN RESPONSE TO CRIMINAL REPORT. 09:42.540 --> 09:46.419 [Héctor] We need to investigate, we need to carry out the necessary inquiries. 09:46.502 --> 09:47.670 All right, man, thanks. 09:48.170 --> 09:50.923 [Héctor] Commander Casillas went to Ariadna's wake. 09:52.174 --> 09:54.719 Let's go, guys. They're waiting for us down there. 09:57.054 --> 09:59.765 -[phone rings] -[Gustavo] All right, dude, I'm coming. 10:01.392 --> 10:02.643 See you later, Elia. 10:06.230 --> 10:08.649 [siren wails] 10:17.742 --> 10:19.785 [Gustavo] I went with my partner Rodolfo. 10:19.869 --> 10:22.538 We were just going to corroborate and get information. 10:23.414 --> 10:26.375 It was just a few blocks away from the Prosecutor's Office, 10:26.459 --> 10:28.169 here in the same Doctores neighborhood. 10:28.252 --> 10:29.253 [siren wails] 10:29.337 --> 10:32.590 DOCTORES NEIGHBORHOOD 10:43.684 --> 10:46.354 [Sayuri] And the instructions to Commander Casillas 10:46.437 --> 10:49.690 were to tell the family that we were working on the investigation. 10:52.443 --> 10:55.279 [Gustavo] When we arrived, we noticed there were several media outlets. 10:55.363 --> 10:56.739 There were a lot of people. 10:58.699 --> 11:00.451 [reporter 1] The young woman was found dead 11:00.534 --> 11:04.205 on the side of La Pera-Cuautla highway in Tepoztlán, Morelos. 11:04.288 --> 11:05.915 [reporter 2] It wasn't until yesterday 11:05.998 --> 11:08.084 that her relatives were able to identify the body. 11:08.167 --> 11:09.752 They had reported her missing, 11:09.835 --> 11:12.171 and they have just been able to identify her. 11:12.254 --> 11:14.256 There are many versions of this story… 11:14.340 --> 11:15.883 [Gustavo] We noticed when we got there 11:15.966 --> 11:18.761 that there were quite a few friends of the victim present. 11:23.683 --> 11:27.436 We identified ourselves and explained the reason for our presence there. 11:27.520 --> 11:29.188 And we saw that there were three, 11:29.271 --> 11:32.316 specifically, three of her friends sitting there, 11:32.900 --> 11:36.237 and they told me, "How dare Rautel show his face here!" 11:38.572 --> 11:40.658 This guy is Rautel, and he came with his girlfriend. 11:43.911 --> 11:45.162 That's when the rumors began. 11:45.246 --> 11:47.998 When he arrived at the wake, they immediately started saying, 11:48.082 --> 11:51.585 "How dare he come? How can he have the nerve to show up here?" 11:51.669 --> 11:53.671 Because they already had their theories. 11:53.754 --> 11:55.965 They had an idea of what happened, right? 11:56.048 --> 11:57.758 "This is the guy she was drinking with." 11:57.842 --> 11:59.343 They started showing me the videos 11:59.427 --> 12:01.637 where you can see her with him in a restaurant. 12:07.601 --> 12:10.604 I asked if they wanted to tell me more. They said yes. 12:10.688 --> 12:13.065 I took them outside there with my partner Rodolfo, 12:13.149 --> 12:15.693 and we took their statements out on the street. 12:19.488 --> 12:22.241 On Sunday, she sent me her real-time location. 12:22.324 --> 12:26.579 She was in the Condesa neighborhood at the home of these so-called friends. 12:26.662 --> 12:30.082 And that was the last information we had about Ari 12:30.166 --> 12:33.002 until Monday when her body was found. 12:35.588 --> 12:38.215 I knew from her location that they had gone to his house, 12:38.299 --> 12:39.759 so I was less worried. 12:39.842 --> 12:43.179 I thought, "It's okay. They're at home. She's with someone trustworthy." 12:43.262 --> 12:45.181 [woman] Had you been to Rautel's house before? 12:45.264 --> 12:46.557 -Yes. -Many times? 12:46.640 --> 12:49.435 Yes, many times. Many, many times. 12:49.518 --> 12:52.271 Rautel was literally one of my best friends. 12:52.354 --> 12:56.984 I mean, that's why… it didn't raise any alarms for me. 12:57.067 --> 13:00.529 I mean, until Nat, who lived with me, said to me the next day, 13:00.613 --> 13:03.824 "Hey, do you know anything about Ariadna? Is she with you?" 13:03.908 --> 13:06.285 And I said, "No, I mean, she's with Rautel." 13:06.368 --> 13:10.164 And when I spoke to Rautel, he said, "No, she took an Uber and left." 13:10.247 --> 13:13.042 And I was like, "Okay, perfect, she took an Uber." 13:14.919 --> 13:19.298 And then they changed the story that one of his bodyguards had taken her home. 13:19.381 --> 13:21.509 So that's when we got suspicious, 13:21.592 --> 13:25.638 and we decided not to have any contact with Rautel anymore. 13:29.642 --> 13:31.227 Then I stopped him out here, 13:31.310 --> 13:35.439 and I said, "Good evening, my name is Gustavo Casillas." 13:35.523 --> 13:38.734 "I'm investigating the femicide of such and such a victim." 13:38.818 --> 13:42.154 And he says to me, "I have nothing to say to the police." 13:42.238 --> 13:44.740 "What I had to say I've already said in Morelos." 13:47.201 --> 13:50.079 He kept shifting his hands all the time and licking his lips. 13:50.162 --> 13:52.039 And he wouldn't look me in the eye. 13:52.122 --> 13:55.668 And from that moment on, I had a bad feeling about it. 13:55.751 --> 13:59.964 He would say to me, "No, don't come near me. I have nothing to do with that." 14:00.047 --> 14:03.259 And he repeated it a lot, and he licked his lips again, right? 14:04.218 --> 14:07.513 While I was stopping Rautel in the hallway I showed you, 14:07.596 --> 14:10.766 my partner Rodolfo intercepted his girlfriend. 14:11.976 --> 14:15.479 And Vanessa, the girlfriend, was nervous right from the start. 14:15.563 --> 14:16.939 She had no counsel. 14:17.022 --> 14:20.818 Well, while we were talking there, someone came in and took her away. 14:21.402 --> 14:24.488 “Vanessa, don't say anything. You have to talk to a lawyer.” 14:26.198 --> 14:29.201 [Gustavo] But Rodolfo had already gotten important information from her. 14:29.702 --> 14:32.037 When I came in here, the coffin was there, 14:32.121 --> 14:34.540 so I turned and took a look at him. 14:34.623 --> 14:38.836 He got uncomfortable, he left and went outside to talk to the media. 14:40.588 --> 14:42.882 [indistinct background chatter] 14:44.341 --> 14:46.385 I want to do things the best way possible, 14:46.886 --> 14:51.640 because, if somehow, she chose me to deal with this, 14:51.724 --> 14:55.102 or… if this situation turned out this way, 14:56.604 --> 14:58.272 I want to do things the best I can. 14:58.355 --> 15:00.107 [reporter 1] Were you at a bar or apartment? 15:00.983 --> 15:03.235 First in a bar, Fisher's Nápoles, 15:03.319 --> 15:05.446 and from there, we went to my apartment. 15:05.946 --> 15:09.783 Because my girlfriend posted a story asking where we were. 15:10.284 --> 15:11.452 That's where our contact-- 15:11.535 --> 15:13.787 -Your girlfriend was inviting her. -[Rautel] Yes. 15:13.871 --> 15:15.331 Well, then, you shouldn't deny it. 15:16.248 --> 15:19.251 [reporter 1] What happened to her? Did she leave? Did she get into a vehicle? 15:19.335 --> 15:22.004 -Who picked her up? -She went by herself. 15:22.087 --> 15:24.673 And that's where I lost communication with her. 15:24.757 --> 15:26.467 [reporter 1] You didn't see what happened 15:26.550 --> 15:28.010 -after she left your apartment? -No. 15:28.093 --> 15:30.262 [reporter 1] What about what the security cameras show? 15:30.346 --> 15:34.683 We already requested everything. The process has just begun in Morelos. 15:34.767 --> 15:38.604 And the truth is that we were the first, so to speak, 15:38.687 --> 15:41.148 to be there to submit our statements and do things right. 15:41.231 --> 15:42.441 The second ones. 15:42.942 --> 15:44.151 [woman] Tell the truth. 15:45.486 --> 15:46.862 That's what it's all about. 15:46.945 --> 15:49.949 That's exactly what I'm here for. I'm going to do it right. 15:50.032 --> 15:51.950 [reporter 2] When she left, was she angry? 15:52.034 --> 15:54.161 -That's it. -That's all, thank you. 15:54.244 --> 15:55.079 Thank you. 15:55.162 --> 15:57.915 -[indistinct chatter] -[cameras clicking] 16:00.084 --> 16:04.213 By that time, the Morelos State Attorney General's Office 16:04.296 --> 16:09.385 had already determined that the woman had died from bronchoaspiration. 16:10.844 --> 16:13.305 [reporter] Moments ago, the prosecutor for Morelos, 16:13.389 --> 16:16.558 Uriel Carmona Gándara, stated in a press conference… 16:17.059 --> 16:19.436 The cause of death of Ariadna N… 16:22.439 --> 16:26.068 was due to severe alcohol intoxication 16:26.652 --> 16:28.612 and subsequent bronchoaspiration. 16:29.738 --> 16:33.075 The autopsy is not consistent with a femicide. 16:33.575 --> 16:36.412 We did not find any signs of violence on her. 16:38.038 --> 16:40.749 [Sayuri] At the wake, the family told the commander 16:40.833 --> 16:43.252 that they had doubts about the autopsy. 16:43.752 --> 16:45.254 Yes, we talked to the family. 16:45.337 --> 16:47.506 They showed us the photographs taken by the cyclist 16:47.589 --> 16:48.924 who had found her in Morelos. 16:49.007 --> 16:51.301 In the photos that the person who found her posted, 16:51.385 --> 16:54.304 you can clearly see how her arm has bruises. 16:54.388 --> 16:57.307 And there are photos that show several blows to her face. 16:57.391 --> 16:59.143 We saw the photos and said, "No way." 16:59.226 --> 17:01.186 "So many contusions from a drinking bender?" 17:01.270 --> 17:02.312 "No way. No, no, no." 17:02.396 --> 17:03.856 Suppose it was as they say, 17:03.939 --> 17:06.275 alcohol intoxication and bronchoaspiration, 17:06.358 --> 17:08.152 did she walk all the way there or what? 17:08.235 --> 17:10.237 -[Gustavo] No, fuck that. -No, he threw her there. 17:10.320 --> 17:11.739 We decided to go all in on this guy. 17:11.822 --> 17:13.699 When I called Brenda after talking to her family, 17:13.782 --> 17:15.242 after they showed me the pictures, 17:15.325 --> 17:17.411 I told the family, "Are you going to have the balls?" 17:17.494 --> 17:20.372 "This is going to be fucking huge. Are you going to have the balls?" 17:20.456 --> 17:23.000 "Hell, yeah, she's our daughter and my sister." I said, "Okay." 17:24.585 --> 17:27.588 [reporter] Some individuals, especially friends of the deceased, 17:27.671 --> 17:30.632 have confirmed that the body of Ariadna López Díaz 17:30.716 --> 17:33.093 was taken for a second autopsy. 17:34.636 --> 17:35.763 [police radio chatter] 17:35.846 --> 17:37.931 [Sayuri] They interrupted the wake, 17:38.015 --> 17:41.977 and the investigative and forensics teams transferred the body directly 17:42.061 --> 17:44.188 to the Institute of Forensic Sciences. 17:47.983 --> 17:52.279 They performed dissections in areas that had not been thoroughly examined 17:52.362 --> 17:53.989 in the previous autopsy 17:54.072 --> 17:56.700 by the Morelos Prosecutor's Office. 17:56.784 --> 17:59.286 They also carried out organ analyses, 17:59.369 --> 18:03.665 and they documented the injuries that Ariadna's body had presented. 18:03.749 --> 18:07.461 And it didn't show any signs of bronchoaspiration. 18:09.046 --> 18:13.008 It was very obvious that the autopsy in the State of Morelos 18:13.091 --> 18:15.594 had not been performed thoroughly. 18:16.261 --> 18:18.305 They had very deliberately determined 18:18.388 --> 18:21.558 that this was not a case of femicide. 18:27.397 --> 18:29.650 DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE MEXICO CITY 18:29.733 --> 18:33.028 [man] Good afternoon, we appreciate your presence at this press conference 18:33.111 --> 18:34.696 arranged by the Attorney General… 18:34.780 --> 18:38.784 Upon the request and with the consent of Ariadna's family, 18:38.867 --> 18:42.913 the Prosecutor's Office in Mexico City requested a new autopsy. 18:42.996 --> 18:47.292 This second autopsy established that the young woman's body 18:47.376 --> 18:50.504 displayed multiple contusions caused by blows. 18:50.587 --> 18:52.297 So it was determined 18:52.381 --> 18:56.969 that the actual cause of death was multiple traumatic injuries 18:57.052 --> 18:59.304 that were classified as fatal. 18:59.388 --> 19:02.057 At the same time, our duty has been… 19:02.140 --> 19:04.601 [reporter 1] It does call into question the work that was done 19:04.685 --> 19:07.938 by the entire investigative system of the State of Morelos. 19:08.021 --> 19:11.316 [Uriel] This work was carried out by our female forensic experts, 19:11.400 --> 19:13.360 who worked with a gender-based perspective. 19:13.443 --> 19:15.654 I personally reviewed that autopsy. 19:15.737 --> 19:18.240 I've reviewed hundreds of autopsies in my career. 19:18.323 --> 19:19.992 And we have nothing to hide. 19:20.075 --> 19:23.203 I say it with a clear conscience. We have been thorough. 19:23.287 --> 19:25.247 [reporter 2] But to make it clear, prosecutor, 19:25.330 --> 19:28.250 what you concluded is that it wasn't a homicide. 19:28.750 --> 19:29.918 [Uriel] That's correct. 19:31.378 --> 19:33.380 [somber music plays] 19:38.760 --> 19:43.348 [woman] Well, Ari and I were, I can say, almost like family. 19:44.725 --> 19:49.605 I first met Ariadna back in 2017, I think. 19:49.688 --> 19:52.482 It was at the restaurant Hooters. 19:52.983 --> 19:56.570 I had just started working there, and she was the hostess. 19:56.653 --> 19:59.573 So she reached out to me there, 19:59.656 --> 20:02.743 and she helped me get to know the place. 20:02.826 --> 20:04.912 She was very friendly to me, 20:04.995 --> 20:08.916 and she was the first person I had contact with there. 20:12.669 --> 20:15.172 Well, I already knew. 20:15.255 --> 20:18.300 I was one of the first to know that her death was caused 20:18.383 --> 20:20.052 by multiple bruises she received. 20:20.135 --> 20:21.553 ARIADNA'S FRIEND PROTECTED WITNESS 20:21.637 --> 20:23.764 I saw the pictures of my friend. 20:23.847 --> 20:27.684 She had scratches on her face, and I'd like… 20:29.144 --> 20:31.438 I'd like to know what happened. 20:33.232 --> 20:35.734 [voice breaking] And I want to believe that she's fine, 20:35.817 --> 20:37.819 that she's at peace, because… 20:39.905 --> 20:43.992 she left it to us, the right people, to get her justice. 20:46.662 --> 20:48.664 [somber music continues] 20:56.254 --> 20:57.464 [birds singing] 21:06.848 --> 21:10.519 [Sayuri] Through my experience and through all that I've witnessed 21:10.602 --> 21:13.522 with other people who are defenders of human rights, 21:13.605 --> 21:17.609 in the end, what makes you a mother is the bond, the love. 21:22.489 --> 21:24.074 [laughter] 21:24.157 --> 21:26.159 [indistinct chatter] 21:28.704 --> 21:32.124 Now that Sayuri has passed all the sociological 21:32.207 --> 21:34.626 and psychological evaluations, 21:34.710 --> 21:37.296 and has obtained her certificate of suitability, 21:37.379 --> 21:40.757 today, we'll make the physical placement of the baby girl 21:41.258 --> 21:43.760 so that she can be in her new home with her mother. 21:44.261 --> 21:46.179 [cheering] 21:46.680 --> 21:48.849 If you can sign right here, please… 21:50.600 --> 21:53.687 [Sayuri] I made the decision to adopt a girl 21:53.770 --> 21:58.108 in a country where women are at risk of being victims of femicide, 21:58.692 --> 22:00.736 to varying degrees. 22:03.488 --> 22:05.699 I have a special delivery. 22:05.782 --> 22:08.660 I'm handing her over to her mother. 22:12.372 --> 22:14.958 [Sayuri] Because I thought, "Lucy is already here." 22:15.709 --> 22:19.004 It was no longer my decision. She already exists. 22:19.504 --> 22:20.547 Let's see. 22:21.757 --> 22:27.429 [Sayuri] So the next decision that I made was to be a mom and to take care of her. 22:28.430 --> 22:31.141 And anyway, with or without me, 22:31.224 --> 22:34.186 it's something she's going to learn how to deal with, 22:34.269 --> 22:36.521 so it's better if we do it together. 22:37.439 --> 22:39.608 My letter of commitment. 22:39.691 --> 22:41.818 [soft music plays] 22:41.902 --> 22:44.154 "To treat the child with dignity." 22:44.237 --> 22:47.324 "To guarantee her a healthy and violence-free environment." 22:48.367 --> 22:52.287 "Provide her with healthy, nutritious food appropriate for her age." 22:53.121 --> 22:57.376 I decided, and I think she also decided 22:57.459 --> 22:59.169 that I would be her mom. 23:01.838 --> 23:04.424 And now the two of us are together. 23:05.926 --> 23:09.930 And that's good for us. It makes us strong, and it makes us happy. 23:11.431 --> 23:13.558 I see that you're eating. 23:13.642 --> 23:15.394 [Brenda] Oh, the donuts! 23:17.687 --> 23:20.107 [Sayuri] And the joy that we feel is not only mine, 23:20.190 --> 23:23.068 but is shared with everyone here that I work with. 23:23.151 --> 23:28.448 Oh, her inflatable patrol car, courtesy of the commander. 23:28.532 --> 23:33.453 We work in a stressful environment. When we say 24/7, we mean it. 23:34.579 --> 23:36.581 [siren wails] 23:37.249 --> 23:39.251 [tense music plays] 23:44.840 --> 23:47.300 [Gustavo] Her friends at the funeral were the key. 23:48.927 --> 23:54.099 When we start our investigation, we state the problem and form a hypothesis. 23:54.182 --> 23:57.602 Well, he was the last person who was with her, he and his partner, 23:57.686 --> 23:59.437 the last ones who were at his home, 23:59.521 --> 24:02.732 so logically, that's where we have to start investigating. 24:04.234 --> 24:07.404 We went to the restaurant, and they gave us the video. 24:07.487 --> 24:09.489 [inaudible conversation] 24:14.661 --> 24:17.789 [Gustavo] We saw that when they left, they were a little drunk. 24:18.498 --> 24:20.500 [tense music continues] 24:28.967 --> 24:31.011 [Gustavo] We saw the route they took to his place. 24:32.304 --> 24:35.056 We talked to the manager, and we told her in legal terms 24:35.140 --> 24:37.559 that we needed the CCTV footage. 24:37.642 --> 24:39.769 We brought a warrant and everything, 24:39.853 --> 24:43.231 and told her that if she refused, we would not leave. 24:45.484 --> 24:47.527 They gave us access without hesitation. 24:47.611 --> 24:48.862 1. SITE PROTECTION 24:55.118 --> 24:57.495 [Rodolfo] And we observed that the SUV arrives 24:57.579 --> 25:00.081 at the entrance of the parking lot. 25:00.165 --> 25:03.168 It parks, and all the people who were in there get out. 25:13.220 --> 25:15.263 [female witness] Vanessa, Rautel, 25:15.347 --> 25:19.017 the other lady they were with, and Rautel's brother got out. 25:19.100 --> 25:21.186 You can see them all getting out. 25:21.686 --> 25:24.731 [Rodolfo] Afterwards, minutes later, we see these people leaving. 25:29.069 --> 25:33.323 Of course, we were able to confirm that the only people remaining inside 25:33.823 --> 25:37.577 were the victim, Rautel, and Miss Vanessa. 25:40.789 --> 25:42.374 [female witness] I texted Vanessa, 25:42.457 --> 25:45.877 and she told me, "She took a cab and left. I think it was an Uber." 25:45.961 --> 25:48.213 I said, "Do you know who ordered it for her?" 25:48.296 --> 25:50.257 Because she didn't use Uber. 25:50.340 --> 25:54.511 So she says to me, "No, I really didn't notice." 25:55.011 --> 25:58.181 "But all I know is that she left." 26:01.434 --> 26:03.395 [Rodolfo] We kept checking to see if she had left 26:03.478 --> 26:06.106 and how she had gotten to Morelos, because we still didn't know. 26:06.189 --> 26:09.442 We had been at it about ten or twelve hours, and we saw nothing. 26:09.526 --> 26:12.237 It's one of those times when you start getting tired and you think, 26:12.320 --> 26:14.614 "Did I miss her? Did she leave? What happened?" Right? 26:17.325 --> 26:20.328 And then at approximately 11:00 a.m., 26:20.412 --> 26:24.582 we see that Rautel comes out carrying the victim over his shoulder. 26:36.845 --> 26:38.847 [tense music plays] 26:46.187 --> 26:47.272 [car door closes] 26:49.816 --> 26:52.152 [Rodolfo] We saw him put her in the vehicle they came in. 26:52.235 --> 26:53.570 [Gustavo] Yeah. 26:53.653 --> 26:54.904 [engine starts] 27:04.039 --> 27:07.167 [Rodolfo] We expected them to take her out during the early morning. Remember? 27:07.250 --> 27:09.336 -[Gustavo] Of course. -[Rodolfo] Not in broad daylight. 27:17.385 --> 27:19.429 [Gustavo] Later, using phone records, 27:19.512 --> 27:22.807 we verified the route he took and where he dumped her. 27:27.270 --> 27:30.231 [Rodolfo] Which matched exactly with the CCTV cameras 27:30.315 --> 27:31.733 when we saw him leave. 27:31.816 --> 27:34.069 Then the cell phone records confirmed 27:34.152 --> 27:36.863 that he was the one who we saw leaving the scene. 27:40.241 --> 27:43.411 [Sayuri] They go to Morelos and that's where they dump the body, 27:43.495 --> 27:46.539 leaving it exposed and abandoned, and that's where it was found. 27:46.623 --> 27:48.625 [tense music continues] 27:56.549 --> 27:59.135 ARIADNA WAS A VICTIM OF FEMICIDE 28:01.763 --> 28:04.265 CDMX ATTORNEY'S OFFICE CALLED FOR NOT REVICTIMIZING THE FAMILY 28:04.349 --> 28:06.267 She left on her own. 28:06.351 --> 28:09.187 [reporter] You didn't see what happened after she left your apartment? 28:09.270 --> 28:10.313 No. 28:13.233 --> 28:16.444 After seeing all this in the news, he fled, just like his girlfriend. 28:16.528 --> 28:20.740 Then the search was carried out in the apartment. 28:20.824 --> 28:22.909 CIRCUMSTANTIAL RECORD SEARCH WARRANT 28:25.328 --> 28:28.081 [Héctor] Since we had already determined the cause of death, 28:28.164 --> 28:30.125 which was multiple traumatic injuries, 28:30.208 --> 28:34.212 next we would look for blood, since there were clear indications of violence. 28:34.295 --> 28:35.880 FORENSIC SERVICES CONDUCT ANALYSIS 28:35.964 --> 28:39.759 We applied a little luminol, and there was like a small rug. 28:39.843 --> 28:41.428 Here, I have the photo. 28:44.848 --> 28:49.561 And I remember that the spot where the luminol showed the brightest 28:49.644 --> 28:53.356 was in one of the rooms, on the door knob, specifically. 28:57.402 --> 29:01.906 We found some sheets that had some bloodstains on them, 29:01.990 --> 29:04.325 and that obviously confirmed to us 29:04.409 --> 29:07.454 that they were linked to Ariadna's femicide. 29:11.207 --> 29:15.128 We concluded the search of the apartment, and gathered all the evidence we had, 29:15.211 --> 29:19.632 leaving us with no doubt that the events had occurred here in this building. 29:19.716 --> 29:23.219 The cameras confirmed that once she went into the building with them, 29:23.303 --> 29:26.097 she never came out again until he carried her out. 29:28.558 --> 29:30.560 [distant indistinct chatter] 29:33.938 --> 29:35.523 FEMICIDE BY STABBING - BEATING - GUNSHOT 29:35.607 --> 29:39.444 [Sayuri] They gave her a brutal beating, and that's what ended her life, 29:40.737 --> 29:44.199 which also shows that in Morelos they had jumped to the conclusion 29:44.282 --> 29:46.034 that this case was not a femicide. 29:46.117 --> 29:49.579 They had not even conducted any on-site inquiries, 29:49.662 --> 29:53.416 when they did not have all of the information regarding the case, 29:53.500 --> 29:56.628 yet they were already drawing these conclusions. 30:01.591 --> 30:04.594 [woman] Rautel is from Morelos, and so is his family, 30:04.677 --> 30:07.222 so he knew where he could dump Ariadna's body 30:07.305 --> 30:10.266 so that the investigation would remain in Morelos. 30:11.142 --> 30:15.355 We realized it was because he had bribed the authorities there in Morelos. 30:16.022 --> 30:18.483 He is a powerful and wealthy man with bodyguards, 30:18.566 --> 30:21.903 who was escorted by two SUVs. 30:21.986 --> 30:24.030 Even in the place where I used to work, 30:24.113 --> 30:25.240 you would see Rautel 30:25.323 --> 30:28.117 with Johnnie Walker Blue Scotch on the table, 30:28.201 --> 30:30.912 with eight bottles of Don Julio 70, 30:30.995 --> 30:33.623 with the table full of Black Pearls, I mean… 30:33.706 --> 30:36.000 I brought him bills as high as 60,000 pesos. 30:36.084 --> 30:39.045 He was so confident in his connections and his money 30:39.128 --> 30:42.048 that he wasn't worried about carrying Ariadna's body 30:42.131 --> 30:45.718 in broad daylight, knowing that there were cameras recording him. 30:46.386 --> 30:48.471 Because he knew he could buy those cameras, 30:48.555 --> 30:51.724 he could buy people off, and nothing would happen to him. 30:51.808 --> 30:53.810 [melancholic music plays] 30:59.107 --> 31:02.110 [female witness] We went to Morelos because we had to give our statements 31:02.193 --> 31:05.029 as to who Ari had been with and everything. 31:06.739 --> 31:09.075 We got there, and the officer told me, 31:09.158 --> 31:12.996 "If you don't leave your cell phone here, you're going to have problems, 31:13.079 --> 31:15.915 because if I want to, I can arrest you right now." 31:15.999 --> 31:17.959 I said, "But I'm not doing anything." 31:18.042 --> 31:21.045 He said, "I'm warning you, and I'm telling you now, 31:21.129 --> 31:23.673 Rautel is already here, just so you know." 31:27.552 --> 31:30.179 I walked out and told the others, "Let's go." 31:30.263 --> 31:31.639 "Why?" "Let's go." 31:31.723 --> 31:33.725 And while I'm telling them to leave, 31:33.808 --> 31:36.686 one of the officers runs over and locks us in, 31:36.769 --> 31:38.855 locks the padlock on the door, 31:38.938 --> 31:40.940 and the other one grabs the gun. 31:45.194 --> 31:47.196 [tense music plays] 31:55.204 --> 31:59.125 [Sayuri] For me, working inside the state 31:59.208 --> 32:01.586 has meant getting to know the inner workings 32:01.669 --> 32:04.130 of institutionalized violence. 32:05.632 --> 32:08.051 One of my colleagues once said to me, 32:08.134 --> 32:14.349 "Sayuri, the system is designed to ensure we never get justice." 32:15.391 --> 32:18.311 That's why there is impunity despite everything. 32:20.813 --> 32:23.483 And so, what that means 32:23.983 --> 32:27.654 is that we have to build everything from the ground up. 32:30.073 --> 32:32.659 -[baby whimpers] -This is Mommy's office. 32:34.369 --> 32:36.412 It's Mommy's office. 32:37.163 --> 32:41.751 And… through all of this, 32:41.834 --> 32:44.045 there are so many women, 32:44.545 --> 32:46.589 mothers of the victims, 32:47.340 --> 32:52.762 who have been able to see beyond all of the things that we still need to do. 32:55.306 --> 32:58.810 Well, I think that they are the ones who always give us a break, 32:59.769 --> 33:03.147 and they tell us that we can still do a little more. 33:07.485 --> 33:10.405 Welcome, everyone, to this space 33:10.488 --> 33:14.200 where we can support you here with joy and sorrow. 33:14.283 --> 33:17.120 Thank you very much for being here today. 33:17.620 --> 33:21.457 Always, always, always take advantage of this space 33:21.541 --> 33:24.043 to tell us something that might be very urgent, 33:24.127 --> 33:28.089 anything that is worrying you about your cases, okay? 33:28.172 --> 33:31.175 Otherwise, what is the point of our meeting here? 33:31.259 --> 33:32.510 I mean, we need to know. 33:32.593 --> 33:36.055 We want to know how your cases are progressing. 33:36.139 --> 33:38.850 My daughter had two jobs, 33:39.434 --> 33:41.936 but since she couldn't get custody, 33:42.020 --> 33:44.814 there's no pension for my grandchildren. 33:45.648 --> 33:49.736 The judges revictimize us on this issue of reparation of damages. 33:50.236 --> 33:54.866 They even tell us that what we're looking for is like, uh… 33:56.492 --> 34:01.080 Like a reward or something, you know? Some kind of monetary gain. 34:01.164 --> 34:03.541 What happens after a sentence? 34:04.417 --> 34:09.297 Especially when we already have sentences, several sentences, right? Then what? 34:10.006 --> 34:12.258 At the end of last year, I believe, 34:12.341 --> 34:14.844 they came and closed the Prosecutor's Office. 34:14.927 --> 34:17.054 That wasn't about the investigations. 34:17.138 --> 34:21.017 It was about reparation of damages. And it's not a complaint. 34:21.100 --> 34:23.269 That day, I mean, we were very surprised, 34:23.352 --> 34:25.938 and we were wondering, "What happened?" 34:26.022 --> 34:27.648 We realized that, of course, 34:27.732 --> 34:30.234 since sentences have already been handed down, 34:30.318 --> 34:32.195 we're already making progress. 34:32.278 --> 34:35.114 During those processes, adequate attention is needed, 34:35.198 --> 34:37.992 so we are already proposing other things, right? 34:40.411 --> 34:44.916 While we're on the subject, I want to say that I do know how to claim my rights. 34:44.999 --> 34:47.210 But I also want to express my gratitude 34:47.293 --> 34:50.254 for the work and the support that has been provided here, okay? 34:50.338 --> 34:52.256 Here, I'm not just a case number. 34:52.340 --> 34:56.928 Here, I'm not just case 291. I'm Yeritza. 34:57.428 --> 35:00.681 And the fact that you know each of our individual cases 35:00.765 --> 35:02.934 makes us feel more dignified 35:03.017 --> 35:06.312 within the limits of what can be expected in a process such as this. 35:07.897 --> 35:12.318 Well, it somehow brings me comfort just to know that other families 35:12.401 --> 35:16.405 won't have to go through all of those procedures that we did. 35:16.906 --> 35:19.450 And yet the threat is always there 35:19.534 --> 35:24.163 because, in the end, public officials will come and go. 35:24.664 --> 35:26.707 And ultimately, we have no idea 35:26.791 --> 35:30.336 whether they will be able to deliver justice for us or not. 35:31.003 --> 35:33.840 But what we do know is that we're already here. 35:34.674 --> 35:35.842 Baby. 35:36.676 --> 35:38.511 Who's that? It's Lucy. 35:38.594 --> 35:40.429 -[elevator dings] -How are you? 35:40.513 --> 35:42.807 We had some very challenging months. 35:42.890 --> 35:45.143 -The police called me yesterday. -[Sayuri] Oh, they did? 35:45.935 --> 35:47.937 [phone rings] 35:53.901 --> 35:57.780 [Ernestina] Early this morning, detectives from the Investigative Police division 35:57.864 --> 36:01.200 executed an arrest warrant for Vanessa N. 36:01.284 --> 36:03.286 [siren wails] 36:03.995 --> 36:07.165 [Gustavo] She was arrested in Ecatepec, transferred to Mexico City, 36:07.248 --> 36:09.584 and then she was taken to Santa Martha Prison. 36:09.667 --> 36:11.669 [distant sirens wailing] 36:17.091 --> 36:20.011 [Gustavo] And then, a few days later, at four in the morning, 36:20.094 --> 36:23.806 I was asleep at home when a commander from Monterrey called me. 36:25.933 --> 36:29.812 He says, "Commander Casillas, guess what? We have a person here named Rautel." 36:29.896 --> 36:32.231 I said, "No way, I have a warrant for his arrest." 36:32.315 --> 36:34.567 He says, "Yes, he came to turn himself in." 36:34.650 --> 36:38.112 I talked to my director. They immediately got me a flight to Monterrey. 36:38.196 --> 36:39.655 I flew to Monterrey. 36:43.242 --> 36:47.997 When he saw me, he was really surprised, and he said, "What are you doing here?" 36:50.791 --> 36:54.462 And I said, "I gave you a chance to tell me the truth back in Mexico City, 36:54.545 --> 36:57.882 and you didn't want to, and look, here are the results." 36:58.758 --> 37:01.344 "You know we already apprehended your girlfriend in the city, 37:01.427 --> 37:02.762 and that's why you ran." 37:03.429 --> 37:05.056 So he was surprised to see me, 37:05.139 --> 37:08.935 and for me, it was exciting because here, he was making fun of me. 37:09.018 --> 37:12.355 Here's where he said to me, "No, I'm not gonna tell you anything." 37:12.438 --> 37:14.273 And he told me to get lost, right? 37:14.357 --> 37:18.194 And when I saw him there, I said, "I'm here for you now. Now it's my turn." 37:18.277 --> 37:20.279 [distant sirens wailing] 37:23.199 --> 37:27.870 Our commander returned with Rautel later on a flight from Monterrey. 37:27.954 --> 37:31.165 And he shared some of their conversations with us. 37:32.041 --> 37:36.879 Our people also refused bribery propositions. 37:37.380 --> 37:39.840 "I'll give you six million," he said. I said, "No way." 37:39.924 --> 37:42.885 I asked, "How much did you give over there?" "Five." 37:43.803 --> 37:46.597 I said, "Fuck, all for nothing, asshole." [chuckles] 37:48.516 --> 37:51.519 He said, "Get me off the plane and find someone who looks like me." 37:52.478 --> 37:53.729 I mean… 37:56.524 --> 38:01.862 So what was revealed to us during the course of the investigation? 38:03.781 --> 38:07.493 That… the perpetrator 38:08.160 --> 38:11.622 had a relationship with authorities in Morelos. 38:12.415 --> 38:16.669 Obviously, all of this was communicated at the time to the head of government, 38:16.752 --> 38:18.504 Dr. Claudia Sheinbaum. 38:20.464 --> 38:23.467 [Sheinbaum] If the General Prosecutor's Office of Justice in Mexico City 38:23.551 --> 38:27.430 had not intervened, this femicide would have gone unpunished. 38:28.139 --> 38:30.349 And the question is, how is it possible 38:31.350 --> 38:33.894 that there is a prosecutor who covers this up? 38:36.355 --> 38:38.232 Deliberately, in my opinion. 38:41.736 --> 38:44.322 I can tell you, with great respect for the head of government, 38:44.405 --> 38:46.073 for the Mexico City prosecutor, 38:46.157 --> 38:49.410 that it is impossible for us to cover up for anyone. 38:50.536 --> 38:52.038 We worked with what we had. 38:52.121 --> 38:54.915 And that was reflected in the autopsy report 38:54.999 --> 38:57.335 that we consider to be very well done. 38:59.128 --> 39:01.130 [tense music plays] 39:03.174 --> 39:06.010 -[cameras clicking] -[indistinct chatter] 39:06.093 --> 39:10.473 [Ernestina] There were so many illegal, outrageous things 39:10.556 --> 39:12.683 that happened around that case. 39:12.767 --> 39:15.436 They violated the human rights of the families, 39:15.519 --> 39:17.813 and of Ariadna herself, didn't they? 39:18.606 --> 39:22.109 And we felt that the actions of the Morelos prosecutor 39:22.193 --> 39:24.111 could not go unpunished either. 39:24.695 --> 39:28.866 We made all of our arguments available to the judges. 39:29.700 --> 39:31.619 And the judges agreed with us. 39:32.119 --> 39:34.038 They gave us an arrest warrant. 39:34.538 --> 39:36.374 MEN'S PREEMPTIVE DETENTION CENTER 39:36.457 --> 39:38.584 [siren wails] 39:38.667 --> 39:40.711 [Uriel] Can you show it to me, and I'll go with you? 39:41.337 --> 39:45.633 This is an arrest warrant for Uriel Carmona Gándara. 39:46.258 --> 39:48.344 [Uriel] Come in, partner. You know me, right? 39:48.427 --> 39:50.179 [officer] I do. We're colleagues. 39:50.679 --> 39:53.015 [Uriel] This could happen to anyone, right? 39:53.099 --> 39:55.559 -I'm turning myself in voluntarily. -You're live. 39:55.643 --> 39:59.814 The arresting authorities have committed to not breaking into my home. 39:59.897 --> 40:02.608 -[sirens wailing] -[indistinct chatter] 40:04.902 --> 40:08.572 And we also thought it was a very powerful message for the country, 40:09.532 --> 40:11.534 that there will be penalties. 40:11.617 --> 40:13.244 URIEL CARMONA IS ARRESTED 40:15.162 --> 40:17.706 [reporter 1] What's going on? Where is the constitutional immunity? 40:17.790 --> 40:20.501 Where are the guarantees? The constitution is being violated. 40:20.584 --> 40:22.920 -What's your opinion? -[reporter 2] Honestly, yes, Pepe. 40:23.003 --> 40:25.923 [reporter 3] It questions all other autonomous prosecutors in the country 40:26.006 --> 40:28.092 who might be in the same situation. 40:31.679 --> 40:35.349 I was harshly criticized by some prosecutors. Yes. 40:35.433 --> 40:37.476 It is a risk. Yes, it's a risk. 40:37.560 --> 40:40.104 You even risk your political career. 40:41.105 --> 40:42.648 [bell rings loudly] 40:46.235 --> 40:48.404 [presiding officer] The session is called to order. 40:48.487 --> 40:49.947 The next item on the agenda 40:50.030 --> 40:53.409 is the discussion and, if applicable, 40:53.492 --> 40:56.078 approval of the proposal for the ratification 40:56.162 --> 40:58.998 of citizen Ernestina Godoy Ramos 40:59.081 --> 41:02.501 as head of the Attorney General's Office of Mexico City. 41:04.170 --> 41:08.382 If they are really not afraid of voting, let them vote. 41:08.466 --> 41:11.677 Let them use their finger to show Ernestina Godoy 41:11.760 --> 41:13.262 if they'll ratify her or not. 41:14.763 --> 41:16.682 [voting machine chimes] 41:18.309 --> 41:21.270 [woman] Is there any member who has not yet cast their vote? 41:21.353 --> 41:22.897 [voting machine chiming] 41:23.689 --> 41:26.108 ATTENDANCE LIST 41:26.192 --> 41:31.113 [woman] The open voting system is now officially closed. 41:33.991 --> 41:38.287 Madam President, the result of the vote is as follows. 41:38.370 --> 41:43.209 41 votes in favor, 25 votes against, zero abstentions. 41:43.292 --> 41:45.211 [cheering] 41:45.294 --> 41:48.297 [reporter 1] After two hours of debate and an intense confrontation 41:48.380 --> 41:49.798 between Morena and the opposition, 41:49.882 --> 41:53.135 Godoy is rejected for four more years in the Prosecutor's Office. 41:53.928 --> 41:56.805 [reporter 2] It turns out that Congress must choose a new prosecutor 41:56.889 --> 41:59.725 for a four-year term with the option of one more term, 41:59.808 --> 42:02.394 something Ernestina Godoy didn't achieve. 42:02.478 --> 42:04.438 [phones ringing] 42:08.734 --> 42:13.864 [Sayuri] On the day that prosecutor Ernestina Godoy left, 42:15.157 --> 42:19.036 she told me, "Sayuri, be careful of everyone." 42:20.955 --> 42:22.206 "Everyone." 42:24.208 --> 42:28.003 Because I was being left alone. That's what she said to me. 42:29.547 --> 42:30.839 And she was right. 42:32.800 --> 42:34.218 [car horn toots] 42:34.301 --> 42:38.305 [Sayuri] They appointed the wife of the Morelos prosecutor as magistrate. 42:44.687 --> 42:48.357 The Congress of Morelos appointed the ten new magistrates 42:48.440 --> 42:51.777 of the Superior Court of Justice of the State of Morelos. 42:51.860 --> 42:52.861 [man] Okay, I get it. 42:52.945 --> 42:56.031 [Sayuri] Among them is the wife of the Morelos prosecutor. 42:56.532 --> 42:58.867 -Isn't that a conflict of interest? -[Sayuri] The privilege. 42:58.951 --> 43:02.162 Yes, but… they don't care. 43:12.172 --> 43:16.176 [reporter] At 9:48, Uriel Carmona, prosecutor for Morelos, 43:16.260 --> 43:18.220 was released through the main gate 43:18.304 --> 43:21.473 of the Altiplano Prison in the State of Mexico. 43:21.557 --> 43:23.058 This happened yesterday. 43:23.142 --> 43:26.770 His lawyers reported that the high court ordered his immediate release. 43:26.854 --> 43:30.399 [reporter 2] In the President's office, they weren't happy with this release. 43:31.650 --> 43:35.529 [lawyer] In a trial, there's always a winner and there's always a loser. 43:36.447 --> 43:38.032 [Ernestina] No, it's not a defeat. 43:38.532 --> 43:41.285 This is not over. It's not over, okay? 43:41.785 --> 43:43.537 I don't think we can say, 43:43.621 --> 43:47.082 "He's free, and these crimes are going to go unpunished." 43:47.166 --> 43:49.418 I don't know. I don't think so. 43:51.128 --> 43:54.381 I mean, there can be dire or negative consequences 43:54.465 --> 43:58.510 for what you're doing because you're doing it in a framework 43:58.594 --> 44:01.430 where there is corruption and people who are malicious. 44:01.513 --> 44:05.392 Of course, I was expecting a different outcome. You know? 44:05.893 --> 44:11.357 But… but in the end, each of these battles is important. 44:11.440 --> 44:13.400 [melancholic music plays] 44:18.947 --> 44:21.909 [Sarah] I believe that, as they say, fear has to change sides. 44:21.992 --> 44:25.287 And if we don't speak up for the people who are no longer here, 44:25.371 --> 44:27.081 then they will never be heard. 44:27.873 --> 44:30.084 [demonstrators chanting] 44:31.585 --> 44:33.379 [Nat] Rautel and Vanessa are in jail, 44:33.462 --> 44:35.589 but Uriel and the members of the Prosecutor's Office 44:35.673 --> 44:38.092 who lied for him are still at large. 44:38.175 --> 44:41.887 URIEL CARMONA CORRUPT - ACCOMPLICE OF THE CRIMINAL 44:41.970 --> 44:45.224 MURDERER - LIAR - ACCOMPLICE 44:45.307 --> 44:46.600 [Sarah] They're colluding. 44:46.683 --> 44:49.019 It's not the first time they've done something like this. 44:49.103 --> 44:51.355 I mean, just because this came to light, 44:51.438 --> 44:54.024 I got emails and messages from girls who told me, 44:54.108 --> 44:58.112 "The same thing happened to my mom, the same thing happened to my friend." 44:58.195 --> 45:01.573 "But out of fear, I never spoke up. I didn't do anything." 45:01.657 --> 45:05.994 Because it is scary. I moved because Rautel knows everything about me. 45:08.914 --> 45:12.710 HERE FOR ARIADNA BECAUSE VANESSA FLORES KILLED HER 45:12.793 --> 45:18.799 ARI, SISTER HERE IS YOUR PACK!! 45:18.882 --> 45:21.844 [Valeria] For us, it's very important that the case remains alive, 45:21.927 --> 45:24.930 that it's not forgotten like many other femicides have been forgotten. 45:25.013 --> 45:29.309 Usually, when a relative or a friend dies, you mourn for them, 45:29.393 --> 45:33.814 you go through all of that, you cry, and you accept it. 45:33.897 --> 45:37.192 But for us, Ariadna was taken from us. 45:37.276 --> 45:39.903 I was personally devastated for a whole day. 45:39.987 --> 45:42.656 And the next day, I had to go out and scream. 45:42.740 --> 45:44.283 I had to go out and fight. 45:44.783 --> 45:48.036 We won't be able to mourn until we get justice. 45:48.120 --> 45:50.122 [melancholic music continues] 45:50.789 --> 45:52.499 [birds singing] 46:00.883 --> 46:02.676 [Sarah] These were her favorite flowers. 46:02.759 --> 46:05.554 -[Valeria] And she was always posting. -[Sarah] That she wanted her… 46:05.637 --> 46:08.015 [Valeria] She was like, "Who will bring me sunflowers?" 46:09.224 --> 46:11.059 I remember that she posted a meme 46:11.143 --> 46:13.562 that someone should get a tattoo of her face, 46:13.645 --> 46:16.148 like those who have Belinda's face tattooed or something. 46:16.231 --> 46:19.818 -[Valeria] Yeah! -And now we're branded like cattle. 46:19.902 --> 46:23.280 -I have her name on my knee. -[Nat] On your knee, right? 46:23.363 --> 46:25.783 [Sarah] And Nat has her name that I tattooed on her. 46:25.866 --> 46:28.619 She was crying, but I don't know if she was crying for Ari. 46:28.702 --> 46:30.871 -Or because I was the one doing it. -[Nat] I don't know. 46:30.954 --> 46:33.832 -I was crying horribly. -[Valeria] She had mixed emotions. 46:36.502 --> 46:39.129 [Sarah] Ari always wanted all her friends to get along. 46:39.213 --> 46:43.342 I think she even wanted to throw a huge party for 500 people. 46:45.302 --> 46:47.179 I remember when I took her on my motorcycle. 46:47.262 --> 46:48.263 She was so happy. 46:48.347 --> 46:51.683 She said to me, "Take a picture of me, take a picture of me." 46:57.147 --> 47:00.067 [Valeria] I remember she wanted to get false eyelashes, right? 47:00.150 --> 47:02.819 I'll never forget when she came back from getting them done 47:02.903 --> 47:04.530 with these huge eyelashes. 47:04.613 --> 47:07.574 She was like, "Oh no, girl! I look like a Baby Jesus doll!" 47:11.787 --> 47:13.789 [melancholic music continues] 47:16.333 --> 47:19.795 [Sarah] And I believe the best way to honor her is to keep that going, 47:19.878 --> 47:21.880 I mean, to have a little bit of her in us. 47:21.964 --> 47:23.966 -[Nat] Exactly. -You're right, girl. 47:24.049 --> 47:26.260 [Nat] To have a little bit of her in us. 47:26.343 --> 47:28.345 [somber music plays] 47:48.073 --> 47:50.075 [music intensifies] 48:30.449 --> 48:31.533 [indistinct chatter] 48:34.077 --> 48:35.746 [woman] These processes we go through, 48:35.829 --> 48:38.832 I mean, we all know that they can take years and years. 48:39.541 --> 48:43.378 When I come to the Prosecutor's Office or go to the prison, 48:43.462 --> 48:46.506 I don't even look at the subway stops anymore. 48:46.590 --> 48:49.051 My head already knows when to get off. 48:51.845 --> 48:57.809 And there are those times when we feel that justice will never be served, 48:58.393 --> 49:00.687 and that our lives will be just that, 49:00.771 --> 49:02.648 going around and around, 49:02.731 --> 49:06.777 and fighting and defending ourselves all the time. 49:06.860 --> 49:08.695 [somber music plays] 49:22.167 --> 49:25.962 Sayuri often told me that the best therapy is justice. 49:26.046 --> 49:29.466 And I was always like, "Yes, Sayuri, but what's the point?" 49:31.259 --> 49:33.845 And when I heard those words, they stayed with me, 49:33.929 --> 49:36.723 "Mr. Alberto, you will remain in custody." 49:38.308 --> 49:39.726 It was beautiful. 49:40.227 --> 49:44.106 And I felt like something that had been broken in me, 49:44.189 --> 49:46.608 and I didn't even know what it was, 49:46.692 --> 49:48.568 it came back together. 49:50.737 --> 49:52.739 [somber music continues] 49:56.076 --> 49:58.995 [Victoria] I thought waking up 80 times a night was normal, 49:59.079 --> 50:00.664 and everyone slept like that. 50:02.124 --> 50:05.085 And ever since I found out that he's in prison, 50:05.168 --> 50:07.796 I've slept through the night this whole week. 50:07.879 --> 50:10.924 And for me, that's something surprising 50:11.008 --> 50:14.011 and that I didn't even know it could be possible. 50:14.094 --> 50:17.097 Being able to sleep all the way through the night 50:17.639 --> 50:19.766 without waking up is a wonderful thing. 50:19.850 --> 50:23.061 And yes, Sayuri is right, the best therapy is justice. 50:23.145 --> 50:25.022 It can take time to arrive, but it does, 50:25.105 --> 50:29.860 and by persevering, and by continuing and continuing and continuing, 50:29.943 --> 50:31.319 it did heal something. 50:31.403 --> 50:33.572 [applause] 50:39.161 --> 50:42.080 I thought it was also important 50:43.874 --> 50:45.792 to see you here today 50:46.585 --> 50:47.836 because… 50:49.463 --> 50:54.051 I also wanted to share with you all some decisions we've made. 51:00.265 --> 51:04.311 I received an invitation from the Women's Secretariat 51:04.394 --> 51:06.104 to become a part of their team, 51:06.188 --> 51:12.194 to participate in the implementation of gender-specialized prosecuting offices 51:12.277 --> 51:13.945 in all states. 51:14.029 --> 51:17.824 And I wanted to share with you that I accepted the invitation. 51:19.493 --> 51:24.539 I am concerned, I am moved by the cases that we handle. 51:24.623 --> 51:28.668 And I am not here for the position, but for the cause. 51:30.462 --> 51:33.924 And my cause, yes, is women and girls. 51:34.591 --> 51:37.052 I'd like to know if you're leaving because of the pressure, 51:37.135 --> 51:39.888 because we can help you cope with that pressure. 51:40.764 --> 51:44.017 I mean, since we have faced our aggressors for years, 51:44.100 --> 51:47.562 since we have defended our lives, and the lives of other women, 51:47.646 --> 51:50.315 then we can also face this. 51:50.816 --> 51:54.694 We all know perfectly well that this is also the trade-off 51:54.778 --> 51:56.613 to what we have fought for. 51:57.114 --> 52:00.075 Because we're not stupid. We recognize it. 52:00.575 --> 52:04.162 But we would really like to know what led you to make your… 52:04.246 --> 52:07.082 -[woman] Your decision. -Yes, to make your decision. 52:07.582 --> 52:10.210 If that's the case, we can handle it too. 52:10.293 --> 52:12.754 We do it in the streets. We do it in the protests. 52:12.838 --> 52:16.174 We do it in the prisons, so we can do it here too. 52:17.092 --> 52:20.178 Yes, Say, you have to understand that you are not alone, 52:20.262 --> 52:22.138 that you have us to support you. 52:23.557 --> 52:25.892 [Yeritza] Because for us, this is also… 52:26.393 --> 52:28.937 Even this news is frightening to us. 52:29.437 --> 52:32.315 What's going to happen to us, to our cases? 52:32.399 --> 52:34.359 All the hard work we've put in, 52:34.442 --> 52:36.194 not only to create this space, 52:36.278 --> 52:38.822 but also working to integrate our processes, 52:38.905 --> 52:41.908 to keep pushing forward for these spaces. 52:42.534 --> 52:44.870 Well, where do we stand? 52:44.953 --> 52:46.955 [emotional music plays] 52:48.290 --> 52:50.750 [Sayuri] I know you're scared, Yeri. 52:52.085 --> 52:53.420 So am I. 52:53.920 --> 52:56.298 And I may be wrong. 52:58.592 --> 53:02.012 As I could have been wrong five years ago, right? 53:05.724 --> 53:11.271 I also feel… that it is time for me to move on. 53:11.354 --> 53:12.981 Here so they can see you. 53:16.026 --> 53:19.487 We have to fight for this prosecutor's office. 53:20.113 --> 53:22.866 And sometimes inertia is very strong. 53:22.949 --> 53:27.120 And there is a tendency to go back to the way things were. 53:28.747 --> 53:32.125 We can't let go of it. I agree with that. 53:32.209 --> 53:34.669 But we have to do it collectively. 53:35.587 --> 53:36.755 All of us. 53:40.800 --> 53:43.303 And I'm also worried about my daughter. 53:43.386 --> 53:45.430 She's a year and a half old, 53:45.513 --> 53:49.059 and by the time I get home, she's already asleep. 53:49.142 --> 53:52.062 And sometimes I only see her in the morning. 53:55.690 --> 53:57.734 And I want to watch her grow up. 54:00.654 --> 54:02.656 [dogs barking] 54:13.041 --> 54:17.587 [Sayuri] Well, I know that the world that we desire doesn't exist yet. 54:17.671 --> 54:18.755 And that… 54:19.714 --> 54:22.926 And that it's still going to take some time to build. 54:26.596 --> 54:28.515 One of my decisions, for example, now, 54:28.598 --> 54:33.019 is to finish up in the Prosecutor's Office and to move on to something else, 54:33.103 --> 54:35.230 to move forward even through the fear. 54:35.313 --> 54:36.564 The worst that can happen 54:36.648 --> 54:38.817 is that you don't do well and you fall down. 54:38.900 --> 54:40.318 But we have to keep trying, 54:40.402 --> 54:42.779 because otherwise, nothing will ever get done. 54:46.533 --> 54:48.201 [woman] Well, comrades, 54:48.285 --> 54:52.664 we are here in support of Sayuri Herrera Román. 54:52.747 --> 54:56.209 Our prosecutor! Come out, prosecutor! 54:56.292 --> 54:59.379 Our prosecutor, our feminist comrade! 54:59.462 --> 55:03.216 We are here to tell Sayuri Herrera Román 55:03.299 --> 55:06.177 that she does represent us, that we love her, 55:06.261 --> 55:08.930 and that we are standing with her. 55:09.014 --> 55:10.140 [applause] 55:14.394 --> 55:16.813 [Sayuri] As long as there is respect 55:16.896 --> 55:22.569 and consideration shown towards all of the women that I have worked with, 55:23.069 --> 55:26.281 for me, that is the compass guiding me 55:26.364 --> 55:30.535 along this path where everything we are doing 55:30.618 --> 55:33.997 is still necessary and right. 55:34.080 --> 55:37.292 SAYURI DOES REPRESENT US 55:37.375 --> 55:40.378 [Sayuri] And for me, that is the compass 55:40.462 --> 55:44.424 that shows that we can still do our jobs within the system 55:45.050 --> 55:46.509 and within the state. 55:46.593 --> 55:48.595 [applause, cheering] 55:53.767 --> 55:56.686 Well, good evening to all of you, 55:57.604 --> 55:59.314 to each and every one of you, 55:59.397 --> 56:01.024 without exception, 56:01.107 --> 56:05.070 and to those who are with us up in heaven, good evening. 56:05.153 --> 56:07.822 We have built so much based on love. 56:08.615 --> 56:11.034 And our hopes are not limited… 56:13.578 --> 56:15.789 to just one institution. 56:15.872 --> 56:19.834 Life is what is happening outside, right? So let's go out. 56:20.835 --> 56:22.670 [inaudible] 56:22.754 --> 56:25.006 [Sayuri] I thought about the future. 56:25.507 --> 56:31.012 I really connected with a song that Silvio Rodríguez recently released. 56:31.096 --> 56:37.102 And in it, he says, "Life is in the past, but there's so much more to come." 56:40.647 --> 56:42.649 [soft music plays] 56:58.540 --> 57:05.463 SAYURI IS JUSTICE 57:07.424 --> 57:11.636 [Sayuri] I'd like to feel that my daughter is safe in this world, 57:12.720 --> 57:15.765 and that she can be happy 57:15.849 --> 57:18.852 without anything bad ever happening to her. 57:19.352 --> 57:21.354 To me, that's justice. 57:22.147 --> 57:24.149 [distant dogs barking] 57:25.817 --> 57:27.944 ["Más porvenir" by Silvio Rodríguez plays] 57:40.039 --> 57:42.041 [Lucy shouts excitedly] 57:42.125 --> 57:43.710 [Silvio Rodríguez sings in Spanish] 59:33.361 --> 59:35.363 [song ends] 59:35.446 --> 59:37.448 [somber music plays] 01:01:25.056 --> 01:01:26.057 [music ends] plays]