Killing of Ingrid Escamilla

Killing of Ingrid Escamilla
Signs protesting the murder of Ingrid Escamilla in Mexico City
LocationGustavo A. Madero, Mexico City, Mexico
Date9 February 2020 (2020-02-09)
Attack type
Femicide
VictimIngrid Escamilla Vargas
PerpetratorErik Francisco Robledo Rosas
VerdictGuilty
ConvictionsFemicide
Trialc. 17 October, 2022
Sentence70 years in prison

On 9 February 2020, Ingrid Escamilla Vargas, a 25-year-old woman living in Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City, was murdered by her boyfriend, Erik Francisco Robledo Rosas in an act of femicide. Robledo was convicted and sentenced to the maximum penalty of 70 years in prison.[1][2]

The Mexican public was outraged by both the brutality with which the murder was perpetrated and by the subsequent spreading of images of the victim's body in the press and on social media.[3][4][5]

  1. ^ "¿Por qué el feminicidio de Ingrid "N" sacudió a México?" [Why Ingrid "N"'s feminicide shook Mexico?]. El Heraldo de México (in Spanish). 12 February 2020. Archived from the original on 13 February 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Detienen a un hombre en Ciudad de México por caso de feminicidio de Ingrid Escamilla" [Detained man in Mexico City in case of Ingrid Escamilla's femicide] (in Spanish). CNN. 12 February 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  3. ^ "La indignación en México por el brutal asesinato de Ingrid Escamilla y la difusión de las fotos de su cadáver" [Indignation in Mexico over the brutal murder of Ingrid Escamilla and the dissemination of photos of her body]. BBC Mundo (in Spanish). 11 February 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Esto es todo lo que se sabe del caso Ingrid Escamilla" [This is all that is known about the Ingrid Escamilla case]. Noticieros Televisa (in Spanish). 12 February 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  5. ^ "Mexico City Killing Sparks Fury Over Violence Against Women". The New York Times. 11 February 2020. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 12 February 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2020.