Prosecutors in the state of Mexico say they are dropping a case against a woman who killed a man who was raping her.On Saturday, the prosecutor's office announced that it's withdrawing its case against 23-year-old Roxana Ruiz after determining that she acted in self defense when she used a T-shirt to strangle a man as he attacked and raped her in 2021.
The reversal comes after protests erupted when a court in Mexico State agreed last week that 23-year-old Roxana Ruiz was raped in 2021, but was still guilty of homicide with "excessive use of legitimate defense" and ordered to pay $16,000 to her attacker's family.
Roxana Ruiz, 23, was sentenced to more than six years in prison and ordered to pay more than $16,000 in restitution after killing her attacker in 2021.
The woman killed a man when she was attacked and raped in 2021. A Mexico state court found her guilty of homicide and said that hitting the man in the head would have been enough to defend herself.
The woman killed a man when she was attacked and raped in 2021. A Mexico state court found her guilty of homicide and said that hitting the man in the head would have been enough to defend herself.