he good ending 2014 was marked by a tragedy that shook Mexico City. Murder of Angelica Trinidad Romero Severianoa 24-year-old young mother who worked in the cleaning area of a department store. liverpool perisur.
His death on November 15 of the same year brought a series of facts to light. irregularity Not only did it inspire the song, but it also involved the company’s directors and led to a murder conviction for her attacker. “Good End” mexican singer amanditite.
Office of the Federal District Attorney General (PGJDF) I confirmed that Angelica was there. He was strangled and died of suffocation.and was not the victim of a heart attack, as his relatives were first informed.
According to the investigation, the young woman was murdered by someone inside the store. Marco Antonio Ochoahis colleague and romantic partner who worked as a maintenance assistant.
According to the minister’s report, Angelica went to work on November 15 at 3:03 p.m. and her assailant at 2:28 p.m. Witnesses said the victim entered the cleaning room around 10:15 p.m., followed ten minutes later by Ochoa.
Forty minutes later he came rushing out, clearly nervous. At 11:50 p.m. he was seen in the perfume area spraying a sample of perfume on himself before leaving the scene. A few hours later, Angelica’s body was found dead in the employee’s bathroom..
The public outrage that ensued. As reported Omar Roblesthe victim’s cousin, department store staff hired a private doctor —Mariano Espinosa Morales— Who issued the document attributing the death to certifying the death?acute myocardial infarction”.
After that, we asked a private funeral home, Grisi’s funeralremoving bodies without notifying the authorities. Employees informed the family that the store would cover cremation costs and other expenses.
When relatives went to the funeral home, they found that the body was already dead. embalmedit presented, blows to the head and torsoin addition to bruises and defensive wounds. Given the suspicions, relatives demanded that authorities intervene. Tlalpan Public Ministrywho ordered the removal of the bodies? forensic services. There, it was confirmed that the young woman had died of some illness. Mechanical asphyxiation by strangulation and was presented defensive injury on the chest and abdomen.
On December 22, 2014, the PGJDF detained Marco Antonio Ochoa, who was formally charged. aggravated murder of a woman. In 2015, a judge at the Oriente Preventive Prison sentenced him: 45 years in prison Payment of 372,000 pesos for funeral expenses, mental damages, and damages.
However, the incident did not end there. Investigation revealed that managers and medical staff tried cover up a crime. In January 2015, 19th Criminal Court dictated formal prison order against Jorge Alvarez Montaño (legal representative of the store), Gustavo Humberto Godinez Cardoso (store manager) and Alejandra Olga Reyes Santos (Manager) concealment by favorBy concealing evidence and allowing bodies to be removed without notifying the Ministry of Public Security. They went to trial freely, but the judge thought: they acted maliciously To cover up the murder.
The doctor who issued the false certificate, Mariano Espinosa Morales, was also charged. Since it was not a serious crime, he was able to continue the process outside of prison, but his participation was key to documenting the case. chain of omissions and institutional failure What surrounded the case.
Angelica Trinidad Romero was the mother of a 2-year-old girl at the time. He had been working there for seven months and dreamed of getting promoted within the company. His death demonstrated the lack of procedures in the face of criminal activity. gender violence It sparked workplace protests and protests by feminist groups demanding justice and corporate responsibility.
Years later, this incident became the inspiration for a song. “Good End”composed by Amanditita, who dedicated the song to Angelica’s memory. In the lyrics, the artist condemns the apathy towards society. working woman and the impunity that typically accompanies the murders of women in Mexico.
More than a decade later, his story remains a stain on Mexico City’s collective memory and a warning about the risks of impunity.
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