Mexican girl at center of outcry over violence was sexually assaulted, murdered: autopsy


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  • Saturday, 14 May 2022

FILE PHOTO: Gerardo Martinez, father of Yolanda Martinez, a 26-year-old woman who disappeared on March 31, walks while holding up a birthday present for his granddaughter, Yolanda's daughter, during a protest, in Monterrey, Mexico April 29, 2022. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril

MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexico's president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador vowed on Friday to deliver justice for the killing of a Mexican teenage girl after an autopsy was published showing she had been violently sexually assaulted and murdered.

"I promised to help clarify what happened and ensure there's no impunity," Lopez Obrador told a news conference after meeting with the parents of Debanhi Escobar, whose killing last month inflamed anger over violence against women across Mexico.

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