In 2012, Yecenia Armenta Graciano's husband was killed. Local police charged her for the crime without any proof.
They arrested her, blindfolded her, tortured her, and raped her over the course of 15 hours. She told Amnesty International, "They said they would bring my two children, rape them and cut them up into pieces. After many hours of torture and after they’d raped me, I signed the confession. I was still blindfolded. I never even read what I had signed.”
Medical examiners found that the abuses did indeed occur. The state court ordered the Attorney General to investigate. Yet she remains in prison – separated from her children for the last 3 years.
Our Government can pressure Mexico’s Supreme Court to review Yecenia’s case ASAP, release her from prison and punish those at fault.