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Good afternoon, my name is
Marisela Escobedo Ortiz.
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I'm Rubí Marisol Fraire Escobedo's mother.
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I'm no longer afraid of anything.
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I'm no longer afraid of death, which is
the worst that could happen to me.
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I've faced the authorities,
I've faced the governor,
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I've faced anyone and everyone
I've come across.
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Wherever my daughter may be,
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I want her to know that I love her,
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and that I'll never rest
until she obtains justice.
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[brooding music]
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A NETFLIX ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY
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[woman] Rubí!
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Rubí!
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[children laughing]
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REWARD
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[Marisela] I wouldn't wish my wail of pain
on anyone else.
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[reporter 1] Ciudad Juárez has been named
the world's most dangerous city.
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Being a woman in this city
seems to carry a death sentence.
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My daughter is gone now,
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but I'm here to speak for her
and defend her rights.
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MURDERER
MAXIMUM SENTENCE
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-[Chris Hansen] Did this consume her?
-[Juan] Yeah, it did.
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-What about you?
-I was always with her.
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Always with her.
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[reporter 2] Thousands across the country
have joined her search.
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He'll never sleep peacefully.
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Even if it takes me a lifetime,
I'll find him.
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[in English] Marisela fights
for justice for her daughter.
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[fast-paced orchestral music]
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[clamoring]
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[Marisela in Spanish] Men who are used
to inflicting violence on women
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will learn
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that sentences
aren't only written on paper.
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REWARD $250,000
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[Juan] My name is
Juan Manuel Fraire Escobedo.
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I'm 42 years old.
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I'm from Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua.
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I'm the son of Mrs. Marisela Escobedo.
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[chuckling]
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We were seven in my family.
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My mom, my dad, Rubí, Pablo,
Jessica, Alejandro, and myself.
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From youngest to oldest.
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[pensive music]
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[man] Why don't you say
a few words for your son?
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That I'm so happy and God bless him.
May he be very happy.
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That's it, don't get too crazy.
[laughs]
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[Marisela] Our family was very close.
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If I had to go to work,
my oldest daughter would cook,
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and the boys
would look after their sisters,
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because I worked nights as a nurse.
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[Juan] I love all my siblings,
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but Rubí was the youngest,
she was the baby of the house.
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I took her everywhere with me,
because both my parents worked.
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MARISELA ESCOBEDO'S SON
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Rubí was very happy-go-lucky.
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She was the youngest,
so we used to sing songs for her.
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We kept singing as she got older,
just to annoy her.
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[Marisela] She was wholesome, smart,
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beautiful in my eyes
and the eyes of many others.
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And then, you know, she hit puberty.
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My mom had just opened
a woodshop and furniture store.
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MONGE WOODS AND MATERIALS
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So, this guy showed up one day.
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A young man, looking for a job.
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He had a wife and a daughter.
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He asked for help.
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My mom told him that she wasn't hiring,
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but she wanted to help him,
so she let him work for the day.
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So, he stayed to work.
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That guy was Sergio.
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My nieces were studying over in El Paso.
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MARISELA'S SISTER
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But during vacation, Rubí moved back
with my sister in Ciudad Juárez.
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[Marisela]
My daughter went everywhere with me.
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She'd hang out sometimes
at the furniture store.
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That's how she met this man,
Sergio Rafael Barraza.
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[Juan] At the time, Sergio must've been
eight or nine years older than her.
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He was 20 or 21 years old,
while Rubí was 13.
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[Marisela] I objected to the relationship.
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I consulted an attorney,
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but I knew she'd never sign
any kind of affidavit against him.
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Eventually, he took her to live with him.
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He made her stay in the apartment
all day long,
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therefore isolating her
from the rest of the family.
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I balked at the fear
that my daughter would hate me
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if I came between her
and the man she loved.
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At that point,
I decided not to get involved,
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but we agreed that her siblings
would keep in contact with her.
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[Alejandro] I got along with him,
I tried to be his friend.
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It wasn't what we wanted for my sister,
but she'd chosen him.
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You have to stay out
of other people's lives.
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Sometime later, Rubí got pregnant.
One or two years later.
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Her pregnancy connected her
with my mom again.
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The girl was born,
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but this guy was unemployed.
It was clear he was struggling.
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So my mom helped them out.
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[Marisela] She started to drop by
the house and leave long after dark.
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I figured they probably had
some money problems,
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because she made sure
she ate every meal at my place.
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Every night, I'd give her money,
maybe 50 or 80 pesos.
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I immediately lent them
an apartment I used for storage.
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I cleared it out
and told them they could stay there.
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Apparently, everything was fine.
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[Juan] One day, I went to the apartment
where they were staying…
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and they were gone.
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My mom went looking for her
at Sergio's mother's place.
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We went to the house,
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and found Sergio there
with their daughter.
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Rubí wasn't there.
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[Marisela] Alarm bells went off.
Rubí would never leave her kid.
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Sergio came to the door,
I asked him about my daughter,
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and he said she had left
with some other guy.
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No way would she have left with a guy.
I asked him for a name.
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He wouldn't tell us.
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We weren't getting anywhere,
so we decided to leave.
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[Juan] We came back the next day,
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and Sergio wasn't there.
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He was gone.
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That gave me a really bad feeling.
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Something wasn't right.
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DECEMBER 2008
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[Marisela] Being her mother,
I immediately started to search for her.
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Red flags were going up.
Something had happened to her.
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[radio signal cutting off]
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[reporter 1] These are all connected
to organized crime.
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[reporter 2] President Felipe Calderón
claims Mexico isn't a failed state,
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despite the drug cartels' growing power.
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[reporter 3] Officers from
Chihuahua's General Prosecutors' office
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conducted raids on bars
and cafeterias in Ciudad Juárez.
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Three men were arrested
on charges of human trafficking,
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who forced women…
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[Juan] Juárez has a big problem
with missing women.
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So, that was very much a possibility.
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[brooding music]
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[Juan] When we started searching for Rubí,
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we spent many nights
scouting the bars downtown,
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all the brothels.
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[siren blaring in distance]
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We found girls as young
as 14, 15, 16 working at those places…
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as prostitutes.
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We searched everywhere.
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At times, we ended up
in really dangerous places.
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I was hoping to find her.
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I wanted to find her
in one of those places.
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But there was no sign of her.
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It took my mom a month and a half
to be able to file a police report.
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The cops insisted she had left.
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They said there were
no signs of foul play.
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[Marisela] I was under constant stress.
The whole thing was an ordeal.
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STATE INVESTIGATION AGENCY
MISSING PERSONS UNIT
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I started all of if by myself,
the searches and inquiries.
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Uh… I had to stumble, struggle,
and jump through hoops,
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just to be able to file
a missing person report.
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DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF STATE OF CHIHUAHUA
NORTH AREA
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I spoke with the relatives,
I'll talk to you later.
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-[reporter] Will you give an interview?
-Sure.
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[Patricia] I served as District Attorney
for the state of Chihuahua
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from 2004 to 2010.
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We had a missing persons unit
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so we opened an investigation
to try to find Rubí.
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[Marisela]
In early February, there was an operation
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to pass along flyers with photos
of the missing women at the time.
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SAFE CORRIDOR FOR WOMEN
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REWARD $1,500,000
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My family and I heard about it
and decided to join them.
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We brought our own flyers,
dispersed, and handed them out.
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HELP US FIND HER
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RUBY MARISOL FRAYRE ESCOBEDO
17 YEARS OLD
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We went to
the 16 de Septiembre neighborhood,
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where Sergio Rafael Barraza lived,
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and offered a reward to anyone
who had any information
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about Rubí's disappearance.
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[desolate piano music]
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[Juan] I would tell my mom,
"Someone will speak up."
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"If something happened,
someone will speak up."
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[Marisela]
One day, we got a call from a young man,
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saying that he had information
about what had happened to Rubí.
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[Juan] This young man
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was from the same neighborhood
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as Sergio.
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He wanted to speak to my mom and…
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asked her
if they could meet in person,
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because he had to give her
some important information.
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[Marisela] We were afraid to meet him,
thinking it could be dangerous
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because of the reward we were offering.
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He got in the van,
scared out of his mind,
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and told us to drive away.
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He asked if I was Rubí's mom,
and I said yes.
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His jaw was trembling,
out of being so nervous.
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He said, "What I have to say
is really awful."
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Then, he started talking.
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He was with a group of young men,
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hanging out in the neighborhood.
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[bleak acoustic guitar music]
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Sergio Rafael had showed up,
looking agitated.
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He wanted someone
to help him haul some furniture.
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He said that Sergio's brother,
Andy Alonso Barraza Bocanegra,
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and some other guy went to help him.
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[acoustic guitar music continues]
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Hours later, Andy Alonso returned
and told everyone…
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"My brother," he said.
"He killed his girlfriend, Rubí."
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Sergio Rafael came back soon after,
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so the guys asked him if it was true.
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"Yeah," he said.
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"I killed her."
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"We dumped her body at the landfill."
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"I put her in a garbage drum,
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and I burned her."
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[music grows louder]
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[music ends abruptly]
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[Marisela] I asked the boy
why he was telling me all this.
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He explained that his sister
had been murdered,
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so his mom urged him
to be brave and speak up.
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My mom gathered all of us,
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and she told us the news
with tears in her eyes.
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It was a rude awakening.
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We finally knew what happened,
but now we had to find proof.
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He was reluctant, but my mom
talked him into giving a statement.
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She got him to testify.
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So, when he finally agreed to do it,
things started moving.
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A case was formally opened,
and agents were assigned.
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[sorrowful music]
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[Marisela] It wasn't until this happened
that they took it seriously
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and finally started to search
for my daughter's body.
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I kept breathing down their necks because
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I was sure that without me there,
no one would do anything for her.
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[Ruth] With this new information,
they did a formal search
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to try and find Rubí's remains.
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[Marisela]
Our family did the first search,
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together with many friends
who brought more volunteers.
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Always with a glimmer of hope
that it was all a lie.
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[Juan] It's an area where people dump
bones and animal fat from pigs and cows.
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It's a dump for animal waste and scraps.
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It was really rough on me, really rough,
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but my sister looked so strong.
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[Marisela]
I wasn't going to stop until I found her.
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[dark music]
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We did not find anything.
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Not even a clue that would tell us
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that my sister was there.
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[inquisitive music]
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[Ruth] You can't have a murder
investigation without a body.
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Marisela knew that the only one
who had any information…
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LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE
FOR THE ESCOBEDO FAMILY
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…about what happened to Rubí,
the location of her body,
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and her grandkid's whereabouts was Sergio.
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But he went into hiding,
he was on the run.
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My mom was the one who found him.
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It wasn't the authorities,
it was all thanks to her research.
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Someone sold the information to my mom.
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The phone number of the house
he was living in.
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So, two days later,
they were on their way to Fresnillo.
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It was my mom, her partner,
my uncle Ricardo, and four agents.
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[Ruth] She accused him of illegally
taking her granddaughter.
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By law, he needed Rubí's permission,
and she was still considered alive.
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So, it was a case of a man
crossing state lines with a minor.
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Sergio was arrested
for abduction of a minor,
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but he immediately told the police,
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"I know why you arrested me.
It's about Rubí."
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"It wasn't me, I didn't kill her."
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[reporter] Chihuahua police
found and arrested
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Sergio Rafael Barraza Bocanegra,
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who confessed to the murder
of Rubí Marisol.
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The detectives were professional
and highly trained and they got him
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to reveal the location of Rubí's remains.
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[Marisela] They brought Sergio back
to Ciudad Juárez.
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He confessed he had killed her
and dumped her by Camino Real,
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near a landfill.
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[reporter] The alleged murderer
of Rubí Marisol
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led the authorities to the location
of her charred remains.
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We had already searched
for Rubí's body everywhere,
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but we didn't find anything
until he pinpointed the location.
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They canvassed the area,
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and they finally found Rubí's remains.
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[camera shutter clicks]
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If Sergio hadn't led the cops there,
we never would've found her.
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Even to this day,
we never would've found her.
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Much later, we found out…
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that three days before the murder,
Rubí had left him for good.
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I think in that time,
Rubí had finally realized
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he wasn't the man she thought he was.
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She told him she was leaving him.
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So he killed her.
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He killed her.
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[Marisela] After this search,
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I spent days walking around
that whole area by myself,
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trying to find one more piece
of my daughter's body.
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[desolate music]
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[Juan] That day marks a "before"
and an "after" for me.
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Seeing my mother there,
picking up the bones.
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We found a little bone of hers,
I think it was a vertebrae.
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A tiny bone, that's all.
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[Marisela] Those were horror-filled days.
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I realized that if anything
happened to me,
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this man would end up back on the streets.
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I couldn't understand why
that had to be my sister's grave.
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[reporter 1] Violent crimes against women
are out of control in Ciudad Juárez.
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[Ruth] The issue of the missing women
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first gained visibility in the '90s.
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Later, they came to be known
as "the Dead Women of Juárez,"
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because the concept of "femicide"
wasn't fully understood back then,
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along with its meaning
and underlying substance.
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[reporter 1] The case files
opened over a decade ago
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remain unsolved to this day.
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[reporter 2] The history of Juárez
is also the ongoing history of femicide,
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which does not stop.
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JUSTICE
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After Sergio's arrest,
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Marisela was granted custody
of her granddaughter.
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[Juan] The trial was set to begin.
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He was to be the first woman killer
to be tried under this new system.
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What many in Mexico don't know
is that the adversarial system
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was first implemented in Chihuahua
to combat impunity in femicides.
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And one of these
relevant cases was Rubí's.
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My mom used to tell me,
"I won't let Rubí become a statistic."
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"Even if it takes me a lifetime,
I won't let that happen."
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One week before, she started marching
from the Prosecutor's Office…
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to the city courthouse.
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[percussive, driving music]
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[reporter] Wounded by the grim murder
of her daughter by her son-in-law,
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Marisela Escobedo Ortiz undertook
protest walks for over a week,
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demanding they throw the book
at the alleged murderer.
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-[man 1] What are your demands?
-Maximum sentence for the killer.
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I won't settle for a lesser sentence.
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He not only ended my daughter's life,
he destroyed an entire family.
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He left my grandchild without a mother,
and denied my daughter's right to live.
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MAXIMUM SENTENCE
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-[man 2] One more day, ma'am?
-That's right, one more day.
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-[man 2] How many days to go?
-Two days, until Friday.
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Now it's time for the trial,
scheduled for Monday at 10:00 a.m.
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APRIL 2010
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My name is Noel Rodríguez.
I'm with the Prosecutor's Office.
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I worked on the investigation
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and presented arguments at the trial
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for the case
of Rubí Marisol Fraire Escobedo.
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[woman] All rise for the judges.
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JUDGE - WITNESS
DEFENSE - ATTORNEY GENERAL
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[Patricia] We went into the courthouse,
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and all I remember is
it was full of cameras.
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Sergio's family was seated
on one side of the room…
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and Marisela's on the other,
as well as supporters like us.
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[Noel] The witnesses were called to
testify according to their involvement,
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starting with the testimony
of Mrs. Marisela Escobedo.
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Do you know why you were called
to testify before this court?
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[Marisela] Yes, I do.
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WITNESS
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I'm here to testify to the murder
of my daughter, Rubí Marisol Fraire.
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I have full confidence in you.
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I trust you'll study this case
and make the right decision.
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Then, we heard the testimony
of the local cops involved in the case.
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LOCAL POLICE OFFICER
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[Gabriel] We responded to a call
from central dispatch
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telling us to go to Delicias Station
to see to a complainant.
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Upon interviewing him, he revealed that
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his stepson had come to his house
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WITNESS
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in a state of agitation,
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because he had just killed his wife.
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[Noel] Do you remember the name
of this complainant?
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[Gabriel] Rafael Gómez.
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[Noel] After Sergio Rafael
committed the crime,
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he asked for help to move the body.
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To that end, he borrowed a vehicle
that belonged to his stepfather.
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When his stepfather got home
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and found out what had happened,
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he decided to inform the police.
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[Noel]
When you reached out to the police,
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what did you tell the agents?
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SERGIO BARRAZA'S STEPFATHER
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-[Rafael] Only that he'd hit her.
-[Noel] Who had hit whom?
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[Rafael] That Sergio had hit Rubí.
The cops went there to check,
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but they didn't find anyone
at their address.
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That's all I know.
I don't know anything else.
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[Noel] It was very clear that he…
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attempted to cover up
and favor his stepson.
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We cross-examined him
to poke holes in his story,
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and it was clear that his intervention
was aimed at aiding his stepson.
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-[judge] Will the Defense cross-examine?
-[attorney] Yes.
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[judge] Go ahead.
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-You went into the house, right?
-That's right.
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-[Joel] You didn't find a body, right?
-That's right.
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-Did you find any blood?
-[Gabriel] Traces of blood? No.
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PUBLIC DEFENDER
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-[Joel] Did you check the whole house?
-We did.
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Did you find any bullet casings?
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No.
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[Joel] The defense rests.
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[judge] Thank you, counselor.
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[Noel] The protected witness testified
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that Sergio Rafael showed up that day
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and told them he'd taken the life
of his live-in girlfriend.
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-[judge] Please state your full name.
-Ángel Gabriel Valles Maciel.
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[Noel] What else can you tell us
about this sequence of events?
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[Ángel]
Well, Sergio told us he'd killed his wife.
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That he burned her.
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And that he and his brother
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took her over by Camino Real,
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beyond the landfill.
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[Noel] How did you learn about this?
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[Ángel] He told us.
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We were sitting around a fire
and he told us what he'd done.
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[Noel] Then the forensic anthropology
and archaeology experts
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corroborated the statements
made by the confidential witness.
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FORENSIC ARCHAEOLOGIST
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[Alberto] The bones are human.
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They belong to a single individual,
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a young female.
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[Noel] Did you find any signs
of violence on these bones?
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[Alberto] Yes, we did.
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The fire, the position
the bones were found in.
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This is a very particular case.
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[judge] All right, thank you.
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You may address the court
if you wish, ma'am.
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Please, lean close to the microphone
and let us know if you wish to speak.
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-You have the floor.
-Good morning, Your Honor.
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-[judge] Good morning.
-Yes, I wish to say a few words.
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[judge] Go ahead.
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[clears throat]
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I apologize if my gaze wanders
towards Mr. Rafael Barraza,
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Sergio Rafael Barraza,
since I have to address him.
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This man, Your Honor,
took the life of my daughter.
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First, he used deception to take her away,
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to keep her under his yoke.
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Today, I am full of regret in my heart
for not taking her away from him.
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It would've been easier for me to deal
with her hatred only temporarily, though,
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because she'd get over it,
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than to live under the burden
of this pain, Your Honor.
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JUDGE
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I searched for her, Your Honor,
expecting to find her buried,
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because I thought that
this man had loved her,
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and that he'd buried her
somewhere he could mourn her.
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But he didn't.
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He dumped her and burned her.
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He cast her like pearls to swine.
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You know what, Sergio?
I don't forgive you.
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May God forgive you.
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That is, if you ever feel remorse,
because I know you haven't yet.
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We don't know, Your Honor,
the actual cause of death,
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but I'm glad because I'm not sure
I could stand that other pain.
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Let him keep it.
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Don't let him give a statement.
We've had enough of his trash.
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I know that one day,
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we'll get better.
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One day, we'll finish therapy.
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One day, we'll smile again,
because life demands it.
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This man hasn't destroyed my life.
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He destroyed my heart, my hope,
my faith and my beliefs.
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But I will pull through
for my granddaughter.
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After today, like I said,
this man no longer exists to me.
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I leave him to you.
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00:32:06,049 --> 00:32:07,175
Thank you very much.
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[judge]
We thank Mrs. Marisela Escobedo Ortiz.
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The law affords the same right
to Mr. Sergio Rafael Barraza Bocanegra.
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Please lean closer to the microphone.
You have the floor. Go ahead.
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00:32:23,775 --> 00:32:26,527
Please lean as close as you can
to the microphone.
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[clears throat]
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00:32:27,862 --> 00:32:28,863
Okay.
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I'll say something.
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I know, and this is for Mrs. Marisela,
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that this a great pain that, equally,
no one can repair either.
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00:32:39,457 --> 00:32:43,336
And… I know that she has said
she doesn't forgive me.
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00:32:43,419 --> 00:32:48,883
But I want to apologize, Marisela,
because I know it was a great harm.
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It's true, like you said, where was God?
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00:32:53,721 --> 00:32:56,140
Unfortunately,
I didn't know God back then,
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but now I've had the chance
to know God inside of a prison.
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And so…
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I have no words.
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That's all.
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[judge] We thank everyone
who took part in this trial.
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The debate portion is hereby concluded.
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The court will now deliberate in private,
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and the parties will reconvene
for the verdict reading
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at precisely 1330 in this same courtroom.
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CHIHUAHUA STATE JUDICIARY
477
00:33:36,055 --> 00:33:38,433
[tense music]
478
00:33:38,516 --> 00:33:42,478
DELIBERATION ROOM
479
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[Juan] We went outside for the recess.
480
00:33:47,775 --> 00:33:52,447
We were all saying
that justice would prevail.
481
00:33:52,530 --> 00:33:54,282
RUBÍ HAD A RIGHT TO LIFE
482
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COURTROOM 1
483
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We got back into the courtroom
and the judges read their verdict.
484
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[judge] Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua,
April 29th, 2010.
485
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The court has convened
and reached the following decision.
486
00:34:22,643 --> 00:34:25,063
First. This court
487
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unanimously acquits
Sergio Rafael Barraza Bocanegra
488
00:34:29,442 --> 00:34:34,197
of the accusation against him
as the perpetrator…
489
00:34:34,280 --> 00:34:36,657
[cries out]
490
00:34:36,741 --> 00:34:40,036
[sobbing] No! No! No!
491
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[screams]
492
00:34:44,624 --> 00:34:48,377
[screaming continues]
493
00:34:58,096 --> 00:35:01,140
[crying and sobbing]
494
00:35:01,224 --> 00:35:04,310
[Marisela shouting in agony]
495
00:35:07,438 --> 00:35:09,649
[sound muted]
496
00:35:12,110 --> 00:35:16,239
[children singing
traditional birthday song in Spanish]
497
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-[woman 1] Bravo!
-[woman 2] Bravo!
498
00:35:31,003 --> 00:35:32,338
[clapping and cheering]
499
00:35:32,421 --> 00:35:33,464
[Marisela] Rubí!
500
00:35:34,715 --> 00:35:36,050
[camera shutter clicks]
501
00:35:38,511 --> 00:35:42,056
"Here's to many more! God bless you."
502
00:35:42,140 --> 00:35:44,976
It's from Alejandra, Valeria,
Paty and Toño.
503
00:35:45,601 --> 00:35:47,687
Your godparents.
504
00:35:48,604 --> 00:35:50,148
[Rubí exclaims]
505
00:35:50,731 --> 00:35:54,110
[Juan] My mom was born in Piedras Negras,
Coahuila, Mexico.
506
00:35:54,193 --> 00:35:57,238
That's where she met my dad
and they got married.
507
00:35:59,907 --> 00:36:02,785
She went to nursing school.
508
00:36:03,953 --> 00:36:08,499
When she finished school,
509
00:36:08,583 --> 00:36:13,129
she was offered a job
at the new state hospital
510
00:36:13,212 --> 00:36:15,298
that had been built in Ciudad Juárez.
511
00:36:15,381 --> 00:36:18,134
That's why we moved there.
512
00:36:19,927 --> 00:36:23,431
And that's when our family
started growing.
513
00:36:23,514 --> 00:36:24,348
[chuckles]
514
00:36:29,145 --> 00:36:30,980
[Blanca] My sister was always happy.
515
00:36:31,606 --> 00:36:33,191
She loved to dance
516
00:36:34,066 --> 00:36:35,943
and she loved music.
517
00:36:36,027 --> 00:36:38,487
I could always make her laugh.
518
00:36:38,571 --> 00:36:42,658
My mom was a go-getter, very hardworking.
519
00:36:42,742 --> 00:36:48,289
If she saw an opportunity,
she would go for it.
520
00:36:48,372 --> 00:36:52,460
She was always aware of her kids,
521
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how we were doing, what we were up to.
522
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MARISELA'S FRIEND
523
00:36:56,839 --> 00:37:00,176
She was a generous person,
she was very…
524
00:37:00,676 --> 00:37:03,888
She was a go-getter.
Nothing stood in her way.
525
00:37:03,971 --> 00:37:09,685
She could sell brimstone to the devil
and snow to an Eskimo.
526
00:37:10,478 --> 00:37:13,898
One time, we decided to throw
a kids' costume party.
527
00:37:13,981 --> 00:37:16,651
She had everyone in stitches.
528
00:37:16,734 --> 00:37:21,489
It was the way she looked
and acted so natural.
529
00:37:21,572 --> 00:37:26,160
She was wearing a wig, a big nose,
and clown make-up.
530
00:37:26,244 --> 00:37:30,164
It was a wonderful party,
the children had a blast.
531
00:37:33,584 --> 00:37:38,464
Mari had three boys,
but she always wanted a girl.
532
00:37:38,547 --> 00:37:40,883
She always wanted a girl.
533
00:37:40,967 --> 00:37:46,013
Eventually, Rubí and Jessica
came into her life,
534
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and well…
535
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her life changed forever.
536
00:37:50,643 --> 00:37:52,603
She never looked happier.
537
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[Blanca] In this photograph,
here's Rubí and Marisela.
538
00:37:58,567 --> 00:38:03,364
This was the last vacation
we took with Rubí.
539
00:38:03,447 --> 00:38:06,033
With my niece, you know?
540
00:38:06,117 --> 00:38:08,744
We went to Acapulco.
541
00:38:09,495 --> 00:38:13,749
We were planning Rubí's
15th birthday party.
542
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[Leticia] After what happened to Rubí,
543
00:38:31,058 --> 00:38:34,895
Marisela was completely different.
544
00:38:34,979 --> 00:38:38,941
She had a vacant expression,
her gaze was empty.
545
00:38:39,025 --> 00:38:45,072
Her quest for justice was the only thing
that was keeping her going.
546
00:38:45,656 --> 00:38:50,494
Seeing my friend break down,
I wouldn't wish it on anybody.
547
00:38:50,995 --> 00:38:52,580
On anybody.
548
00:38:52,663 --> 00:38:56,250
I had never seen my mom
break down before that day.
549
00:38:56,876 --> 00:38:59,879
Or after, for that matter.
That was the first and only time.
550
00:39:00,755 --> 00:39:02,214
[indistinct shouting]
551
00:39:03,507 --> 00:39:06,385
She had collapsed on a couch
at the courtroom.
552
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[Marisela's desperate
cries and shouting continues]
553
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There were so many thoughts
racing through my mind.
554
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[sobbing]
555
00:39:19,231 --> 00:39:22,318
I just wanted to kill Sergio,
you know what I mean?
556
00:39:22,902 --> 00:39:26,280
I wanted revenge, that's what I wanted.
557
00:39:26,864 --> 00:39:28,616
[indistinct crying]
558
00:39:29,367 --> 00:39:31,702
He was surprised. He didn't understand.
559
00:39:32,286 --> 00:39:34,997
He was sure he'd be found guilty.
560
00:39:36,457 --> 00:39:41,295
People in Ciudad Juárez,
including the public at large,
561
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everyone was outraged.
562
00:39:44,048 --> 00:39:46,467
Four or five hours later,
563
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Marisela was already planning
her steps for the next day.
564
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We all automatically got ready
to march in protest.
565
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[reporter 1]
The mother of the murdered girl
566
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and some of her family members
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took to the streets today
to march in protest.
568
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Yesterday, those judges
murdered her again.
569
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They killed her all over again
with their verdict.
570
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[reporter 2 in English]
Every day she marched six miles
571
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from the police department
to the courthouse,
572
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mocking the justice system and the judges
who'd acquitted Sergio.
573
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VICTIMS HAVE NO GUARANTEES
574
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[in Spanish] It was circus.
575
00:40:20,251 --> 00:40:23,671
They made clowns of us,
and they had the last laugh.
576
00:40:24,255 --> 00:40:28,592
Ha, ha, ha! You wanted justice?
Ha, ha, ha!
577
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[Judge Boudib] Mr. Sergio Rafael
Barraza Bocanegra was acquitted
578
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because the prosecution
failed to meet the burden of proof
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JUDGE
580
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to prove beyond a reasonable doubt
his involvement in the murder.
581
00:40:47,319 --> 00:40:51,323
Unfortunately, the case fell upon
three incompetent people.
582
00:40:51,407 --> 00:40:54,827
Three justice employees,
because they can't be called judges.
583
00:40:54,910 --> 00:40:58,330
They absolved the murderer
by "unanimous" decision,
584
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but I've said it over and over,
it was an animalistic decision.
585
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ONE IS HUMAN ERROR
THREE IS BEING AN ANIMAL
586
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We can't let any more young women
get murdered in our city.
587
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[reporter 3] Mrs. Marisela Escobedo Ortiz
marched naked today,
588
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covered only with a photo
of her daughter Rubí Marisol.
589
00:41:15,806 --> 00:41:16,891
They left me naked,
590
00:41:16,974 --> 00:41:21,812
with no guarantees, without the right
to defend my daughter.
591
00:41:21,896 --> 00:41:25,441
If you have a man going around
saying he killed a girl,
592
00:41:25,524 --> 00:41:29,445
and on the last day of the trial
apologized to the mother.
593
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-How do you interpret it?
-We must abide by the law.
594
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JUDGE
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When I took this office, I swore an oath
596
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to abide by the laws
established in the Constitution,
597
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not to do what I want,
or follow my feelings.
598
00:41:44,043 --> 00:41:50,049
We urgently need to know
if the judges exonerated him
599
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because they're corrupt,
or if Chihuahua's government
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is treating these judges as scapegoats.
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[reporter 4] Marisela Escobedo Ortiz
claimed she will not rest
602
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until her daughter's murderer
is once again behind bars.
603
00:42:05,064 --> 00:42:08,609
If they fail me again,
I'll stay right here.
604
00:42:08,692 --> 00:42:11,070
I'll take the next step.
605
00:42:11,654 --> 00:42:18,410
It's true we didn't have an eyewitness
or hard scientific evidence,
606
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but if we take into consideration
all the evidence presented,
607
00:42:24,250 --> 00:42:28,587
it's safe to conclude
that he participated in the crime.
608
00:42:29,338 --> 00:42:32,299
Besides, no one apologizes
for something they didn't do.
609
00:42:32,383 --> 00:42:34,385
ZACATECAS DISTRICT ATTORNEY (2010-2015)
610
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For years, confession
was the best possible proof.
611
00:42:37,012 --> 00:42:43,143
However, many confessions
were coerced through torture.
612
00:42:43,227 --> 00:42:47,982
After the 2008 reform
to our justice system,
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confessions lost their status
as incontrovertible proof.
614
00:42:53,529 --> 00:42:57,700
Confessions are no longer valid
if they're self-incriminatory,
615
00:42:57,783 --> 00:43:02,079
especially if they were obtained
without a lawyer present.
616
00:43:02,162 --> 00:43:04,039
Unlike other types of murders,
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00:43:04,123 --> 00:43:07,668
those that take place at home
618
00:43:07,751 --> 00:43:12,548
usually have no witnesses
and leave no proof.
619
00:43:12,631 --> 00:43:18,887
But here they had enough information
to determine what had happened.
620
00:43:18,971 --> 00:43:24,184
I first met Marisela
on the day of the trial,
621
00:43:24,268 --> 00:43:28,022
when her daughter's killer was acquitted.
622
00:43:28,105 --> 00:43:29,565
LEGAL COUNSELOR FOR THE ESCOBEDOS
623
00:43:29,648 --> 00:43:31,817
Counselor Lucha Castro and I
were in Juárez.
624
00:43:31,900 --> 00:43:36,196
Marisela approached us,
625
00:43:36,280 --> 00:43:38,824
and in that moment,
626
00:43:38,907 --> 00:43:43,245
she asked Counselor Lucha
627
00:43:43,329 --> 00:43:44,788
to represent her.
628
00:43:44,872 --> 00:43:49,376
We became close, very close.
629
00:43:49,460 --> 00:43:51,086
MARISELA'S LAWYER
AND HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATE
630
00:43:51,170 --> 00:43:53,255
When I got the case, I had two recourses.
631
00:43:53,339 --> 00:43:56,884
Either request a new trial,
or get the ruling reversed.
632
00:43:56,967 --> 00:43:59,887
If I'd found something wrong
with the trial,
633
00:43:59,970 --> 00:44:03,349
I would've requested a new one
to call the witnesses again.
634
00:44:03,432 --> 00:44:07,895
But given what I had seen
in the case file,
635
00:44:07,978 --> 00:44:11,398
and from reading the transcripts
of the trial hearings,
636
00:44:11,482 --> 00:44:14,068
the only choice
was to get the ruling reversed.
637
00:44:14,151 --> 00:44:18,614
That's why I filed a motion
before the Appeals Court.
638
00:44:22,826 --> 00:44:28,290
We're not asking for much,
all we want is justice.
639
00:44:28,374 --> 00:44:32,544
There's no question
this man took my sister's life.
640
00:44:32,628 --> 00:44:35,464
[reporter] The Appeals Court
unanimously decided
641
00:44:35,547 --> 00:44:39,343
to declare null and void the acquittal
of Sergio Rafael Barraza Bocanegra.
642
00:44:39,426 --> 00:44:44,682
They found him guilty of murder
in the case of Rubí Fraire Escobedo.
643
00:44:49,978 --> 00:44:54,108
The government cleaned its image
and printed a sentence in paper.
644
00:44:54,191 --> 00:44:59,321
But it's useless to me
because it's only a piece of paper.
645
00:44:59,405 --> 00:45:05,577
The perpetrator, the murderer
is still a fugitive of justice.
646
00:45:05,661 --> 00:45:10,749
She had a clear goal,
to find Sergio Rafael Barraza.
647
00:45:10,833 --> 00:45:14,294
He fled the state right away
because he knew
648
00:45:15,295 --> 00:45:16,964
they'd arrest him.
649
00:45:17,047 --> 00:45:19,091
He knew it wouldn't last.
650
00:45:19,174 --> 00:45:21,552
Now that there was a guilty verdict,
651
00:45:21,635 --> 00:45:26,724
the police had supposedly
sent an APB to every state,
652
00:45:26,807 --> 00:45:31,603
to warn them about this fugitive
and to request apprehension.
653
00:45:31,687 --> 00:45:35,315
The police weren't making
any headway whatsoever,
654
00:45:35,899 --> 00:45:37,234
so we got to work again.
655
00:45:37,317 --> 00:45:39,737
[tense music]
656
00:45:42,239 --> 00:45:46,076
[Marisela]
My plan is to reach Mexico City,
657
00:45:46,160 --> 00:45:49,747
together with other mothers
of missing young women
658
00:45:49,830 --> 00:45:53,375
who are in as much pain as I am.
659
00:45:54,293 --> 00:45:58,756
[Ruth] She undertook a protest journey
across the entire country.
660
00:45:58,839 --> 00:46:02,593
She went to every prosecutor's office
saying, "Here's an arrest warrant."
661
00:46:02,676 --> 00:46:05,220
"This man killed my daughter,
he's a convicted felon,
662
00:46:05,304 --> 00:46:07,181
and he might be here."
663
00:46:07,848 --> 00:46:11,351
[Lucha] She got out at the city limits
and started walking to the city.
664
00:46:11,435 --> 00:46:13,812
This attracted the media.
665
00:46:14,980 --> 00:46:17,816
Sometimes, the authorities
refused to see her,
666
00:46:17,900 --> 00:46:21,653
so she waited them out
until they agreed to meet with her.
667
00:46:24,031 --> 00:46:27,618
[Juan] Everywhere we went,
towns, cities, or whatever,
668
00:46:27,701 --> 00:46:30,120
they didn't know anything
about the case, nothing.
669
00:46:30,204 --> 00:46:32,247
We communicated with other departments,
670
00:46:32,331 --> 00:46:37,878
and every prosecutor's office
knew of his arrest warrant.
671
00:46:37,961 --> 00:46:39,546
"Search for him in your state,
672
00:46:39,630 --> 00:46:42,424
send him over if you find him."
That's an all-points bulletin.
673
00:46:43,008 --> 00:46:45,260
We get thousands of those
674
00:46:45,344 --> 00:46:47,888
from every office in the country.
675
00:46:48,639 --> 00:46:49,890
Barraza's was just one.
676
00:46:49,973 --> 00:46:55,187
REWARD OFFERED FOR INFORMATION
LEADING TO HIS ARREST
677
00:46:57,815 --> 00:47:01,902
[Marisela] I don't want
my daughter's death to be in vain.
678
00:47:03,362 --> 00:47:06,657
The men who are used
to inflicting violence on women
679
00:47:06,740 --> 00:47:11,829
will learn that sentences
aren't only written on paper.
680
00:47:11,912 --> 00:47:14,164
There's no going back.
681
00:47:18,669 --> 00:47:20,712
[Ruth] They asked laborers,
682
00:47:20,796 --> 00:47:25,926
and went to all the bars
he might've frequented.
683
00:47:26,009 --> 00:47:30,681
Marisela was going undercover,
despite the risk.
684
00:47:30,764 --> 00:47:36,603
She was there with her family
and others who sought justice.
685
00:47:36,687 --> 00:47:41,900
After a little over three weeks,
we arrived in Mexico City.
686
00:47:41,984 --> 00:47:45,612
My mom requested a meeting
with President Felipe Calderón.
687
00:47:45,696 --> 00:47:47,406
MEXICO WAS SENTENCED FOR FEMICIDES
688
00:47:47,489 --> 00:47:50,742
But of course,
he refused to meet with her.
689
00:47:51,326 --> 00:47:53,328
[man] What is this march about?
690
00:47:53,412 --> 00:47:58,667
This is a protest march against femicide
and human trafficking.
691
00:47:58,750 --> 00:48:00,085
We demand justice.
692
00:48:00,168 --> 00:48:03,672
We've walked from Ciudad Juárez
to one city after the other,
693
00:48:03,755 --> 00:48:05,424
handing out wanted posters…
694
00:48:05,507 --> 00:48:09,761
AGAINST FEMICIDE AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING
WE DEMAND JUSTICE
695
00:48:09,845 --> 00:48:13,932
[Juan] After what happened with Rubí,
when Sergio was arrested in Fresnillo,
696
00:48:14,016 --> 00:48:19,104
he was already seeing some girl
roughly the same age as Rubí.
697
00:48:19,688 --> 00:48:23,442
My mom was sure he was there
698
00:48:23,525 --> 00:48:27,154
because his girlfriend was pregnant,
699
00:48:27,237 --> 00:48:30,073
and if he couldn't stay here,
that's where he'd go.
700
00:48:32,534 --> 00:48:36,747
[Ruth] They finally went to Zacatecas,
where Marisela first found him.
701
00:48:38,123 --> 00:48:42,085
[driving acoustic guitar music]
702
00:48:48,216 --> 00:48:52,095
We're touring a bunch of cities,
following leads, doing protest walks.
703
00:48:52,179 --> 00:48:54,514
I want people to know he's a murderer.
704
00:48:54,598 --> 00:48:59,269
Funny for him, his new girlfriend's mom
is also named Marisela, just like me.
705
00:48:59,353 --> 00:49:03,649
He'll always remember me
and know that I will always be after him.
706
00:49:03,732 --> 00:49:07,444
I'll keep searching no matter what,
all over the country.
707
00:49:07,527 --> 00:49:10,155
If I have to live on the road, so be it.
708
00:49:16,703 --> 00:49:20,123
[Juan] We went straight to the place
where they arrested Sergio.
709
00:49:24,586 --> 00:49:27,756
I was hanging up a poster
when two girls walked over.
710
00:49:27,839 --> 00:49:31,426
I figured they recognized him,
so I started explaining.
711
00:49:31,510 --> 00:49:35,222
Then, my mom came over and talked to them.
712
00:49:35,305 --> 00:49:37,891
She asked them to help us.
713
00:49:39,184 --> 00:49:45,232
One of them said that her cousin
was his current girlfriend,
714
00:49:45,857 --> 00:49:47,818
and that she knew where he was staying.
715
00:49:48,610 --> 00:49:51,947
Marisela had found out
exactly where he was,
716
00:49:52,030 --> 00:49:54,866
so she called the police
and said, "He's here."
717
00:49:56,702 --> 00:50:01,581
[Juan] My mom tried to explain the case,
and then she called Chihuahua.
718
00:50:11,174 --> 00:50:15,345
They came in through the front,
but there was an empty lot in the back.
719
00:50:15,429 --> 00:50:20,058
I ran to the back of the house
and when I looked up,
720
00:50:20,142 --> 00:50:22,894
I saw Sergio climbing out
of the bathroom window.
721
00:50:22,978 --> 00:50:27,024
There were some stairs
that led to the roof.
722
00:50:27,107 --> 00:50:29,818
My adrenaline started pumping.
723
00:50:29,901 --> 00:50:33,905
He started running, and as he
ducked to hide, he spotted me.
724
00:50:35,407 --> 00:50:39,244
His face looked like someone
who knows he's been caught.
725
00:50:40,829 --> 00:50:42,372
[gunshots]
726
00:50:42,456 --> 00:50:46,418
[Ruth] A police chase ensued
and shots were fired.
727
00:50:46,501 --> 00:50:48,670
They told Marisela, "We got him."
728
00:50:51,506 --> 00:50:53,592
But later told her, "No, he escaped."
729
00:51:00,223 --> 00:51:02,559
[Francisco] The suspect was armed…
730
00:51:02,642 --> 00:51:04,269
ZACATECAS' DEPUTY ATTORNEY
(2004-2011)
731
00:51:04,352 --> 00:51:06,229
…and he fired at the police officers.
732
00:51:06,313 --> 00:51:10,275
We cordoned off the area,
but we were unable to locate him.
733
00:51:13,737 --> 00:51:17,532
Once the cops knew he had escaped,
734
00:51:17,616 --> 00:51:20,660
that's when the federal police
and the military showed up.
735
00:51:21,244 --> 00:51:24,039
They were lining the block,
they even fired some shots.
736
00:51:24,122 --> 00:51:26,666
They fired a few shots,
but it was just for show.
737
00:51:26,750 --> 00:51:28,126
He was long gone.
738
00:51:28,710 --> 00:51:31,880
Mistakes were made
during the arrest procedure.
739
00:51:32,589 --> 00:51:35,926
Looks like he got a heads-up and he fled.
740
00:51:36,009 --> 00:51:38,136
But they were very close to arresting him.
741
00:51:39,471 --> 00:51:43,100
Mom felt that they were simply
not doing anything.
742
00:51:43,183 --> 00:51:45,936
They asked her, "Was he hard to find?"
743
00:51:46,019 --> 00:51:50,398
And she said, "No, he was exactly
where I thought he would be."
744
00:51:50,482 --> 00:51:54,194
It was a poorly conducted operation.
745
00:51:55,445 --> 00:51:57,656
A failed operation.
746
00:51:57,739 --> 00:52:02,744
It didn't happen during my tenure,
but the previous state prosecutor's.
747
00:52:02,828 --> 00:52:06,414
Marisela's anger, already considerable,
748
00:52:06,498 --> 00:52:09,584
reached a whole new peak,
as you can imagine.
749
00:52:09,668 --> 00:52:11,461
I felt so impotent.
750
00:52:11,545 --> 00:52:16,049
I couldn't believe he got away
after we'd found him again.
751
00:52:16,633 --> 00:52:22,264
Let's say the authorities intended
to capture him with this information.
752
00:52:22,347 --> 00:52:26,810
They still botched the arrest
because they didn't care.
753
00:52:27,394 --> 00:52:32,482
[Juan] The cops didn't call for backup
because they wanted the reward.
754
00:52:33,150 --> 00:52:37,195
They couldn't claim the reward,
because that was their job.
755
00:52:37,904 --> 00:52:39,573
Still, they refused to request backup.
756
00:52:40,157 --> 00:52:43,660
When Mrs. Marisela came to see me
at the Prosecutor's Office,
757
00:52:43,743 --> 00:52:45,787
I was overseeing 500 officers.
758
00:52:45,871 --> 00:52:48,790
Many hadn't finished high school.
759
00:52:49,374 --> 00:52:52,669
None of them had been evaluated
for trustworthiness.
760
00:52:53,587 --> 00:52:57,549
Was the police force trustworthy
back in those days?
761
00:52:58,508 --> 00:52:59,718
Certainly not.
762
00:52:59,801 --> 00:53:01,803
[brooding music]
763
00:53:10,770 --> 00:53:16,693
[Juan] I watched my mom read the file,
just staring at the bones.
764
00:53:16,776 --> 00:53:19,237
She read the same things
over and over again.
765
00:53:19,321 --> 00:53:21,865
I didn't know how she managed.
766
00:53:23,408 --> 00:53:25,619
I mean, this was her daughter.
767
00:53:29,247 --> 00:53:34,002
She told me she'd force herself
to think it was someone else.
768
00:53:35,921 --> 00:53:39,549
"I don't think it's Rubí,
I think it's someone else."
769
00:53:47,641 --> 00:53:49,935
But she had weak moments.
770
00:53:50,685 --> 00:53:56,024
In public, you're strong,
you just power through it.
771
00:53:56,733 --> 00:54:00,570
But in private,
that's when my mom would break down.
772
00:54:00,654 --> 00:54:06,451
That's when she buckled under
all those unanswered questions.
773
00:54:08,119 --> 00:54:12,249
There was nothing I could say,
all I could do was be there.
774
00:54:13,458 --> 00:54:14,793
Just be there for her.
775
00:54:20,423 --> 00:54:24,135
After this, we stayed in Fresnillo
for one or two weeks,
776
00:54:24,219 --> 00:54:27,013
looking for him in every single town.
777
00:54:27,722 --> 00:54:29,099
We were on his trail.
778
00:54:29,975 --> 00:54:34,521
But then we heard rumors
that he had joined the Zetas cartel.
779
00:54:34,604 --> 00:54:38,149
We figured they were only trying
to scare us off.
780
00:54:42,404 --> 00:54:46,533
[Ruth] They built a network of neighbors
to get more information,
781
00:54:46,616 --> 00:54:50,495
and they found the new house
where Sergio was staying.
782
00:54:50,578 --> 00:54:55,625
So, they rented a nearby house
783
00:54:55,709 --> 00:54:58,503
with a clear view of Sergio's house,
784
00:54:59,838 --> 00:55:05,093
and set up a permanent watch to stalk him.
785
00:55:08,430 --> 00:55:13,435
[Juan] We stayed in Fresnillo,
waiting, waiting.
786
00:55:13,518 --> 00:55:16,104
A month went by, then two,
and we had nothing.
787
00:55:17,105 --> 00:55:18,648
RUBÍ STREET
788
00:55:18,732 --> 00:55:22,819
We heard he was there,
that's what people told us.
789
00:55:30,493 --> 00:55:33,163
It was a waiting game.
790
00:55:35,498 --> 00:55:36,875
Keeping watch.
791
00:55:41,129 --> 00:55:44,966
Two or three months went by
and we'd gotten nowhere.
792
00:55:46,760 --> 00:55:50,472
Back then, my mom drove
a little green Jetta.
793
00:55:51,514 --> 00:55:53,641
We used binoculars.
794
00:55:55,101 --> 00:55:56,644
Just like in the movies.
795
00:55:57,479 --> 00:56:00,231
Except this was a horror movie.
[chuckles]
796
00:56:00,315 --> 00:56:05,028
We had to keep watch
over those long nights.
797
00:56:06,654 --> 00:56:12,077
Mom and I would stay in the car
until 4:00 or 5:00 a.m.
798
00:56:18,458 --> 00:56:20,460
[dog barking in distance]
799
00:56:22,629 --> 00:56:25,799
[ominous music]
800
00:56:37,227 --> 00:56:40,897
I would've recognized Sergio
from miles away.
801
00:56:42,023 --> 00:56:45,402
I didn't need binoculars
to know it was him.
802
00:56:45,485 --> 00:56:48,947
[tense music]
803
00:57:10,927 --> 00:57:14,597
They went into a side street,
and when we turned,
804
00:57:14,681 --> 00:57:16,933
his truck was facing us, headlights on.
805
00:57:18,143 --> 00:57:22,397
He knew it was us following him.
806
00:57:22,480 --> 00:57:25,859
He knew our car. He'd seen it before.
807
00:57:26,443 --> 00:57:32,991
Given the truck he was driving,
I realized it was very likely
808
00:57:33,074 --> 00:57:35,368
that he was now working for the cartel.
809
00:57:36,661 --> 00:57:42,459
That's when we knew
we were in real danger.
810
00:57:43,960 --> 00:57:45,628
We thought they might
811
00:57:47,255 --> 00:57:48,798
come after us.
812
00:57:59,976 --> 00:58:03,146
[Ruth] They knew the two phone numbers
that Sergio was using.
813
00:58:03,229 --> 00:58:06,524
So Marisela went through the call records.
814
00:58:06,608 --> 00:58:10,361
He kept his phone off for three days
and on for two days.
815
00:58:10,945 --> 00:58:13,990
There were no calls for three days
and several calls the next two.
816
00:58:14,073 --> 00:58:16,117
That's how the Zetas cartel works.
817
00:58:16,201 --> 00:58:23,124
This pattern made us realize
that he was really a member of the Zetas.
818
00:58:25,251 --> 00:58:30,340
He didn't go by Sergio anymore.
Now he was "Commander Bambino."
819
00:58:30,423 --> 00:58:33,468
He kept changing it, like a stage name.
820
00:58:35,970 --> 00:58:40,767
As we were out looking for Sergio,
we found someone who knew him.
821
00:58:40,850 --> 00:58:43,061
My mom started talking to her
822
00:58:43,645 --> 00:58:44,479
and…
823
00:58:45,313 --> 00:58:47,565
she spilled the beans.
824
00:58:48,650 --> 00:58:53,488
She gave her information
we weren't even looking for,
825
00:58:53,571 --> 00:58:59,619
like the location of a safehouse,
the name of the guy at the top,
826
00:59:00,578 --> 00:59:07,335
even the location of weapon caches.
Much more than we bargained for.
827
00:59:07,418 --> 00:59:12,257
The agents said they needed
the Zetas' permission…
828
00:59:13,633 --> 00:59:16,928
in order to roll into town to arrest him.
829
00:59:17,011 --> 00:59:20,431
If the Zetas didn't turn him in,
they couldn't arrest him.
830
00:59:21,015 --> 00:59:26,771
He had apparently become
someone with certain power.
831
00:59:27,647 --> 00:59:30,525
And he did have ties
to the Zetas drug cartel.
832
00:59:32,235 --> 00:59:35,405
[Juan] My uncle Ricardo and I
spoke to my mom separately.
833
00:59:35,488 --> 00:59:40,159
I told her that this information
complicated everything.
834
00:59:40,243 --> 00:59:43,580
Now that he worked for the cartel,
things were no longer the same.
835
00:59:44,664 --> 00:59:48,960
Everyone knows that there's an arrangement
836
00:59:49,794 --> 00:59:51,421
between authorities
837
00:59:52,630 --> 00:59:54,090
and criminal organizations.
838
00:59:54,173 --> 00:59:55,883
We didn't get any support anymore.
839
00:59:56,509 --> 01:00:02,307
No cameras, no agents,
no taking our calls, nothing.
840
01:00:02,890 --> 01:00:04,601
Absolutely no support.
841
01:00:04,684 --> 01:00:07,687
Eventually, we came to realize
842
01:00:08,855 --> 01:00:10,898
that we would never find him.
843
01:00:11,858 --> 01:00:15,778
We went back to Chihuahua,
to a new governor,
844
01:00:15,862 --> 01:00:17,530
and a new state prosecutor.
845
01:00:31,002 --> 01:00:34,547
[Patricia] During election season,
violence tends to spike.
846
01:00:34,631 --> 01:00:38,593
César Duarte won on a platform
focused on public safety.
847
01:00:38,676 --> 01:00:40,511
GOVERNOR OF CHIHUAHUA
(2010-2016)
848
01:00:40,595 --> 01:00:44,182
I begin my administration
with one fundamental goal.
849
01:00:44,265 --> 01:00:47,935
To be remembered in the end
850
01:00:48,811 --> 01:00:54,776
as the governor who was able
to bring order to Chihuahua.
851
01:00:54,859 --> 01:00:57,195
[audience applauding]
852
01:00:57,278 --> 01:00:58,404
JOURNALIST
853
01:00:58,488 --> 01:01:02,867
His inauguration was over the top,
like a huge block party. Right?
854
01:01:02,950 --> 01:01:06,371
Lights all over the place,
and in the streets.
855
01:01:06,454 --> 01:01:08,665
[cheering and applause]
856
01:01:08,748 --> 01:01:13,753
[reporter] People are cheering happily,
welcoming César Duarte.
857
01:01:13,836 --> 01:01:17,507
He goes to the edge of the stage
to greet the crowd.
858
01:01:20,551 --> 01:01:24,263
Once we got back,
my mom decided to camp out
859
01:01:24,347 --> 01:01:26,182
right outside the Government Palace.
860
01:01:26,265 --> 01:01:29,143
GOVERNMENT PALACE
861
01:01:29,227 --> 01:01:31,437
[Ruth] She had marched
all over the country.
862
01:01:31,521 --> 01:01:35,066
She had been to the capital.
She had even found Sergio.
863
01:01:35,149 --> 01:01:36,943
She had exhausted every resource.
864
01:01:39,028 --> 01:01:41,739
What else could she do?
She decided to camp out.
865
01:01:42,407 --> 01:01:44,200
[Juan] She started on December 5th.
866
01:01:44,784 --> 01:01:47,954
I commuted back and forth from Juárez.
My uncle stayed with her.
867
01:01:48,037 --> 01:01:49,455
JUSTICE,
PRIVILEGE OF GOVERNMENT
868
01:01:51,457 --> 01:01:53,376
[man] Is the killer still in Mexico?
869
01:01:54,043 --> 01:01:59,757
Yes, and he's about to become
the hunter and I the hunted.
870
01:01:59,841 --> 01:02:03,344
He expects me to go into hiding now,
871
01:02:03,428 --> 01:02:07,890
but I refuse to hide.
He can come kill me here.
872
01:02:07,974 --> 01:02:09,767
[woman] Has he made any threats?
873
01:02:09,851 --> 01:02:14,230
Yes, he and his family
have made threats against me.
874
01:02:14,313 --> 01:02:19,986
He's already working
with a criminal organization.
875
01:02:20,069 --> 01:02:24,449
What's the government waiting for?
For him to kill me?
876
01:02:24,532 --> 01:02:26,534
Have him kill me, but right here.
877
01:02:27,744 --> 01:02:31,289
The only things she hadn't done
were illegal for her to do.
878
01:02:31,372 --> 01:02:35,209
She wasn't scared for herself,
the law didn't permit it,
879
01:02:35,293 --> 01:02:36,961
and she chose to act lawfully.
880
01:02:37,044 --> 01:02:39,464
AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF CHIHUAHUA
881
01:02:39,547 --> 01:02:43,009
[Gabino] Chihuahua University's
anniversary is on December 8th.
882
01:02:44,051 --> 01:02:50,475
During her sit-in, she heard that
Governor Duarte was coming,
883
01:02:50,558 --> 01:02:57,482
so she got one of her banners
and took it to the press event.
884
01:02:58,065 --> 01:03:03,279
[Juan] As the governor gave his speech,
they got up and unfurled it.
885
01:03:03,988 --> 01:03:06,115
"Justice is a privilege
of the government."
886
01:03:06,199 --> 01:03:12,663
This alluded to the kidnapping
of Patricia Gonzalez's brother.
887
01:03:12,747 --> 01:03:17,418
In that case, it took them days
to find the kidnappers.
888
01:03:17,502 --> 01:03:22,131
When César Duarte's nephew was kidnapped,
same thing happened.
889
01:03:25,009 --> 01:03:29,055
Justice is only reserved
for government officials.
890
01:03:29,138 --> 01:03:35,520
In the prosecutor's brother's case,
they had the killers in two weeks.
891
01:03:35,603 --> 01:03:36,729
RUBÍ STOLEN JUSTICE
892
01:03:36,813 --> 01:03:38,731
[interviewer]
How was your brother's case handled,
893
01:03:38,815 --> 01:03:40,650
and why did it anger Marisela?
894
01:03:41,442 --> 01:03:44,362
I have no idea why it bothered Marisela,
895
01:03:45,029 --> 01:03:49,492
since my brother's case
was completely unrelated.
896
01:03:51,077 --> 01:03:53,454
When she unfurled the banner,
897
01:03:53,538 --> 01:03:59,043
you could tell Duarte was pissed.
898
01:04:00,461 --> 01:04:06,050
[Patricia] He had no tolerance
for criticism, constructive or otherwise.
899
01:04:06,133 --> 01:04:12,056
So, for the mother of a victim,
and a woman on top of that,
900
01:04:12,807 --> 01:04:15,643
to expose him like that,
901
01:04:15,726 --> 01:04:20,106
with such strength and force
as was the case with Marisela,
902
01:04:20,731 --> 01:04:24,485
and with the information she had,
903
01:04:24,569 --> 01:04:26,028
he obviously…
904
01:04:26,988 --> 01:04:28,489
didn't take it well.
905
01:04:28,573 --> 01:04:32,326
Angry, the governor sent her
to see the state attorney,
906
01:04:32,910 --> 01:04:33,786
Carlos Salas.
907
01:04:33,870 --> 01:04:38,124
CHIHUAHUA STATE DISTRICT ATTORNEY
(2010-2013)
908
01:04:38,207 --> 01:04:42,879
He asked if she wanted to make
a report with her information.
909
01:04:42,962 --> 01:04:45,131
She said yes.
910
01:04:46,966 --> 01:04:49,260
So, she began.
911
01:04:49,343 --> 01:04:52,138
[Marisela] In the state of Zacatecas,
in the city of Fresnillo…
912
01:04:52,221 --> 01:04:53,890
In the street, he received…
913
01:04:53,973 --> 01:04:59,228
[Gabino] She shared all the information
she had uncovered.
914
01:05:01,439 --> 01:05:02,773
Everything she'd done.
915
01:05:04,984 --> 01:05:07,486
APPEARANCE
MARISELA ESCOBEDO
916
01:05:07,570 --> 01:05:08,863
THE LAST TIME I SEE THE AGENTS…
917
01:05:08,946 --> 01:05:10,531
Who knows how long they spent there.
918
01:05:10,615 --> 01:05:14,035
I AM GIVING OUT INFORMATION IN ORDER
TO ARREST MY DAUGHTER'S MURDERER
919
01:05:14,118 --> 01:05:17,330
Then she went back
to her sit-in at the plaza.
920
01:05:17,413 --> 01:05:19,916
The AG gave us his word.
921
01:05:19,999 --> 01:05:23,294
I believed their promises once again.
922
01:05:24,045 --> 01:05:27,632
I want to believe they'll do it
and that they'll do it soon.
923
01:05:28,299 --> 01:05:32,929
Sadly, we've gotten similar assurances
924
01:05:33,012 --> 01:05:35,264
from previous administrations,
925
01:05:35,348 --> 01:05:37,642
but there have been no results so far.
926
01:05:37,725 --> 01:05:43,397
I don't distrust the AG.
I hope he keeps his word.
927
01:05:43,481 --> 01:05:48,486
I hope they do it this time,
but I'll be waiting right here.
928
01:05:53,407 --> 01:05:57,495
[Juan] We were planning on spending
Christmas and New Year's there,
929
01:05:57,578 --> 01:05:59,538
Uncle Ricardo, my mom, and me,
930
01:06:01,415 --> 01:06:04,835
until something happened.
Something had to happen.
931
01:06:07,880 --> 01:06:14,136
She seemed strong to me,
but she did break down at times.
932
01:06:15,221 --> 01:06:19,850
She would tell me
she was tired of all that shit.
933
01:06:19,934 --> 01:06:21,477
In those words.
934
01:06:21,560 --> 01:06:27,274
Starting with the governor
and everyone below him.
935
01:06:27,358 --> 01:06:32,905
We know that there is justice
in this country and this state.
936
01:06:32,989 --> 01:06:39,829
Why? Because justice exists
for Governor César Duarte.
937
01:06:39,912 --> 01:06:40,746
REWARD $100,000
938
01:06:40,830 --> 01:06:43,499
It exists for former prosecutor
Patricia González.
939
01:06:46,043 --> 01:06:51,424
[Lucha] Whenever we went to the square,
we stopped to check on her.
940
01:06:51,924 --> 01:06:55,636
We also tried to convince her
to declare a truce.
941
01:06:55,720 --> 01:06:58,055
A truce over Christmas,
942
01:06:58,139 --> 01:06:59,724
mostly for her mental health,
943
01:06:59,807 --> 01:07:04,603
so she could get her strength back,
but there was no dissuading her.
944
01:07:06,272 --> 01:07:10,776
There was no power on Earth
that could shake her decision.
945
01:07:11,986 --> 01:07:18,951
DECEMBER 16, 2010
946
01:07:21,412 --> 01:07:25,541
[Juan] Being there was so dangerous,
especially at night,
947
01:07:26,667 --> 01:07:33,549
particularly since Sergio was now
being protected by organized crime.
948
01:07:35,801 --> 01:07:39,263
[Gabino] That day, on December 16th,
949
01:07:40,347 --> 01:07:45,269
she was knitting some black
Christmas decorations,
950
01:07:45,352 --> 01:07:46,270
MERRY CHRISTMAS
951
01:07:46,353 --> 01:07:50,524
and she said she'd wait for the 25th
to buy a Christmas tree.
952
01:07:50,608 --> 01:07:54,028
They would be cheaper by that time
since they wouldn't sell anymore.
953
01:07:57,239 --> 01:08:00,201
She was adamant that she'd spend
Christmas at the square.
954
01:08:10,503 --> 01:08:13,672
[ominous music playing]
955
01:08:41,325 --> 01:08:44,453
[Lucha] That night, like every night,
956
01:08:44,537 --> 01:08:49,208
she started to tidy up the camp
at 8:00 p.m.
957
01:08:55,506 --> 01:08:58,175
[creaking]
958
01:09:00,845 --> 01:09:02,138
[slams]
959
01:09:14,150 --> 01:09:15,401
A car pulls up.
960
01:09:19,905 --> 01:09:21,574
She sees him coming.
961
01:09:23,701 --> 01:09:25,244
She runs across the street.
962
01:09:26,579 --> 01:09:27,746
[gunshot]
963
01:09:30,207 --> 01:09:31,834
He shoots her.
964
01:09:35,504 --> 01:09:38,090
[muffled street sounds]
965
01:09:41,886 --> 01:09:46,765
[sorrowful music plays]
966
01:09:46,849 --> 01:09:49,810
JUSTICE
967
01:10:04,950 --> 01:10:07,286
I called my siblings
and went to the house.
968
01:10:09,121 --> 01:10:10,164
Eh…
969
01:10:12,166 --> 01:10:16,921
I didn't know how to feel. I couldn't cry.
970
01:10:18,047 --> 01:10:23,344
I felt impotence, frustration,
I don't know how to explain it.
971
01:10:24,595 --> 01:10:26,722
I gathered my siblings,
972
01:10:27,598 --> 01:10:33,270
and we went to Chihuahua that night
to claim my mom's body.
973
01:10:36,982 --> 01:10:40,027
We were shattered.
974
01:10:40,110 --> 01:10:41,946
It's very hard to describe.
975
01:10:43,739 --> 01:10:44,907
I still cry.
976
01:10:46,951 --> 01:10:52,164
I wasn't shocked at the time
because I'd seen it coming.
977
01:10:57,628 --> 01:11:00,214
I knew that would happen. [sniffs]
978
01:11:02,091 --> 01:11:05,177
But you always hope
979
01:11:06,387 --> 01:11:08,222
that things will be different.
980
01:11:17,898 --> 01:11:22,861
[reporter 1] There is outrage over
the murder of Marisela Escobedo Ortiz,
981
01:11:22,945 --> 01:11:24,822
murdered last night.
982
01:11:24,905 --> 01:11:27,908
[reporter 2] She was killed
in front of the Government Palace
983
01:11:27,992 --> 01:11:29,660
as she protested to demand
984
01:11:29,743 --> 01:11:33,455
that authorities would once again
arrest her daughter's murderer.
985
01:11:33,539 --> 01:11:35,040
[reporter 3]
Marisela Escobedo,
986
01:11:35,124 --> 01:11:38,585
a mother who fought to get justice
for her daughter's death,
987
01:11:38,669 --> 01:11:41,630
was gunned down in front
of Chihuahua's government building.
988
01:11:41,714 --> 01:11:45,634
[reporter 4] Marisela refuses to accept
she lives in a country with no justice.
989
01:11:45,718 --> 01:11:47,970
Just before Christmas, she says,
990
01:11:48,053 --> 01:11:51,098
"I'm gonna have this big Christmas
dinner here. People can join."
991
01:11:51,181 --> 01:11:53,809
And a man walks up to her
and shoots her in the head.
992
01:11:53,892 --> 01:11:55,561
In front of the police, everyone.
993
01:11:55,644 --> 01:11:59,565
[TV host in Spanish] We have César Duarte
on the line. Governor, good morning.
994
01:11:59,648 --> 01:12:03,319
-[Cesar] Good morning, Carlos.
-Governor, what happened?
995
01:12:03,402 --> 01:12:05,946
What information did you get
from the video?
996
01:12:06,030 --> 01:12:11,035
[Cesar] We got her brother's statement,
who witnessed the crime.
997
01:12:11,118 --> 01:12:16,248
He gave us a physical description,
and we're looking for the perp.
998
01:12:16,332 --> 01:12:19,043
[crowd] Marisela, hear this,
we support your fight!
999
01:12:19,126 --> 01:12:21,587
BETTER TO DIE ON MY FEET
THAN LIVE ON MY KNEES
1000
01:12:21,670 --> 01:12:24,923
Marisela, hear this,
we support your fight!
1001
01:12:25,007 --> 01:12:27,885
Marisela, hear this,
we support your fight!
1002
01:12:27,968 --> 01:12:31,513
[Juan] The greatest woman in Juárez!
The one and only!
1003
01:12:32,097 --> 01:12:35,559
My mother! Marisela Escobedo Ortiz!
1004
01:12:36,477 --> 01:12:41,815
-Marisela lives!
-The fight goes on!
1005
01:12:51,450 --> 01:12:54,328
[Ruth] Society's outrage
had reached a tipping point,
1006
01:12:54,411 --> 01:12:57,164
which resulted
in important demonstrations,
1007
01:12:57,247 --> 01:13:01,001
like lighting candles
all around the Government Palace.
1008
01:13:05,214 --> 01:13:09,218
[Gabino] People would leave
their candles and then go home.
1009
01:13:13,013 --> 01:13:14,932
[Patricia] It was cold that day.
1010
01:13:15,015 --> 01:13:19,770
The atmosphere felt different,
as if the city had ground to a halt.
1011
01:13:27,194 --> 01:13:32,032
Even if you'd never met her,
even if you only knew of her,
1012
01:13:32,116 --> 01:13:34,618
even if you'd seen her from afar,
1013
01:13:34,701 --> 01:13:36,745
she felt close to all of us.
1014
01:13:36,829 --> 01:13:41,917
There was a great outpouring
of affection for her,
1015
01:13:42,000 --> 01:13:44,962
as well as indignation and fear.
1016
01:13:49,758 --> 01:13:52,970
[Juan] I saw the video for the first time
in Chihuahua.
1017
01:14:00,018 --> 01:14:04,314
It's fucking rough seeing
someone you love get killed. I mean…
1018
01:14:04,857 --> 01:14:06,108
It's…
1019
01:14:07,151 --> 01:14:08,193
Ah…
1020
01:14:09,653 --> 01:14:15,367
I don't know how to explain it,
but it's very fucking rough.
1021
01:14:16,076 --> 01:14:17,161
And so…
1022
01:14:20,330 --> 01:14:23,000
That was it. So…
1023
01:14:23,083 --> 01:14:24,418
My mom was dead.
1024
01:14:32,009 --> 01:14:35,929
[reporter] Marisela Escobedo Ortiz
returned to Ciudad Juárez in a hearse.
1025
01:14:37,222 --> 01:14:40,392
The casket, escorted by her sons
and the state police,
1026
01:14:40,476 --> 01:14:44,396
was welcomed by friends
and residents at the city limits.
1027
01:14:51,653 --> 01:14:55,365
[slow acoustic guitar music]
1028
01:15:14,009 --> 01:15:15,844
[Juan] We are all gathered here…
1029
01:15:17,513 --> 01:15:22,643
to bid farewell to my mom's remains,
because she is no longer here.
1030
01:15:22,726 --> 01:15:24,561
Her body is here with us,
1031
01:15:25,521 --> 01:15:30,234
but her essence, what she really is,
is now with the Lord, right?
1032
01:15:32,027 --> 01:15:33,028
And so…
1033
01:15:33,111 --> 01:15:36,281
She fought to her last breath
and died on the frontlines.
1034
01:15:37,324 --> 01:15:42,454
Like my brother said, our mom was a hero,
1035
01:15:43,747 --> 01:15:48,293
because she did things that
no one in the city had ever done.
1036
01:15:48,377 --> 01:15:51,129
She fought on her own,
1037
01:15:51,213 --> 01:15:56,510
against rain and thunder.
Against all odds, she fought.
1038
01:15:57,636 --> 01:16:00,639
Even when she seemed like
she would break down,
1039
01:16:02,182 --> 01:16:04,393
like when my sister's killer was released,
1040
01:16:05,686 --> 01:16:07,729
she got up again…
1041
01:16:08,981 --> 01:16:13,068
[voice cracking]
and taught us a lesson in fortitude.
1042
01:16:15,070 --> 01:16:18,198
I ask all of you to give my mom
a big round of applause.
1043
01:16:18,824 --> 01:16:21,493
[all clapping]
1044
01:16:24,496 --> 01:16:29,626
[sorrowful music soars]
1045
01:16:33,422 --> 01:16:37,718
[woman] When you have doubts
about what you should do,
1046
01:16:37,801 --> 01:16:43,307
when you have questions
about how to stand and fight,
1047
01:16:43,390 --> 01:16:45,100
remember Marisela Escobedo.
1048
01:17:03,869 --> 01:17:08,665
THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD
I SHALL NOT WANT
1049
01:17:08,749 --> 01:17:12,753
HER CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN
1050
01:17:14,588 --> 01:17:19,051
[Juan] That day and that night
seemed to stretch forever.
1051
01:17:20,385 --> 01:17:25,682
I only got a few hours of sleep.
The next day we woke up,
1052
01:17:25,766 --> 01:17:29,269
and I left with my wife and kid.
My wife was pregnant at the time.
1053
01:17:30,270 --> 01:17:31,104
Uh…
1054
01:17:32,189 --> 01:17:36,693
We saw something burning in the distance.
1055
01:17:37,569 --> 01:17:40,864
[reporter] A fire started in a woodshop.
1056
01:17:40,947 --> 01:17:45,202
Boulevard Oscar Flores
had to be shut down completely.
1057
01:17:45,285 --> 01:17:47,204
Firemen are still working.
1058
01:17:48,747 --> 01:17:53,835
[Juan] My mom's boyfriend was the one
who always opened the woodshop,
1059
01:17:53,919 --> 01:17:57,756
but he didn't do it that day
because of what had happened.
1060
01:18:01,093 --> 01:18:04,638
They took my mom's brother-in-law
and burned the place down.
1061
01:18:04,721 --> 01:18:07,724
They burned it down to the ground.
There was nothing left.
1062
01:18:07,808 --> 01:18:10,894
MARISELA'S BROTHER-IN-LAW MURDERED,
HER WOODSHOP BURNED DOWN
1063
01:18:14,564 --> 01:18:16,149
His name was Manuel.
1064
01:18:16,233 --> 01:18:20,987
One or two hours later,
they found his body
1065
01:18:21,071 --> 01:18:25,158
with a bag over his head
and wire around his neck.
1066
01:18:25,242 --> 01:18:29,788
I also found out that
they'd come to the house.
1067
01:18:29,871 --> 01:18:33,959
Some people had shown up after I had left.
1068
01:18:34,042 --> 01:18:37,254
They tried to break in.
So they were coming for me.
1069
01:18:37,337 --> 01:18:42,676
That's when I realized
1070
01:18:42,759 --> 01:18:46,430
the danger that all of us were in.
1071
01:18:46,513 --> 01:18:49,266
We had to leave. We could no longer stay.
1072
01:18:52,936 --> 01:18:56,857
[reporter] Marisela Escobedo's son
has requested political asylum in the US
1073
01:18:56,940 --> 01:19:00,235
fearing for his life
after his mother's murder.
1074
01:19:02,112 --> 01:19:05,240
[Spector] Someone gave them my card,
and told them to call me,
1075
01:19:05,323 --> 01:19:07,617
and drove them over the bridge.
1076
01:19:07,701 --> 01:19:09,202
LAWYER FOR THE ESCOBEDO FAMILY
1077
01:19:09,286 --> 01:19:12,080
"What about our belongings?
What about our businesses?"
1078
01:19:15,792 --> 01:19:19,296
The federal cops replied,
"You're lucky to be alive."
1079
01:19:19,963 --> 01:19:25,177
That was the message
they were sending Juan's family.
1080
01:19:26,928 --> 01:19:29,097
"You're alive, fuckers, leave it alone."
1081
01:19:35,979 --> 01:19:42,444
When you expose the flaws
in the government and the system,
1082
01:19:42,527 --> 01:19:48,492
and the link between the government
and cartels,
1083
01:19:49,159 --> 01:19:50,535
your life is at risk.
1084
01:19:51,328 --> 01:19:56,124
The issue here and in Juárez
is that in the same precinct,
1085
01:19:56,625 --> 01:20:00,420
you can have ten cops
gathered around a table,
1086
01:20:00,504 --> 01:20:05,091
and three criminal organizations
represented there as well.
1087
01:20:06,426 --> 01:20:10,931
I've said this before
and I'll say it again.
1088
01:20:11,848 --> 01:20:13,099
And that is
1089
01:20:13,850 --> 01:20:15,143
her sentence
1090
01:20:16,728 --> 01:20:17,854
was signed
1091
01:20:18,563 --> 01:20:21,399
when she gave a statement
1092
01:20:22,776 --> 01:20:25,362
at the AG's office.
1093
01:20:25,445 --> 01:20:29,241
I think that was the moment
1094
01:20:29,324 --> 01:20:33,870
when they decided to take her out
to bury the information she had.
1095
01:20:33,954 --> 01:20:40,126
It's a crime of the state,
because the state "benefitted,"
1096
01:20:40,210 --> 01:20:42,254
despite the initial media backlash,
1097
01:20:42,337 --> 01:20:48,635
when such an outspoken
and demanding critic died.
1098
01:20:48,718 --> 01:20:52,514
Those who aim to muddy the waters,
1099
01:20:52,597 --> 01:20:57,018
those who say that what happened,
which is painful for all of us,
1100
01:20:57,102 --> 01:21:02,357
could be called a state crime,
are sorely mistaken.
1101
01:21:02,440 --> 01:21:08,238
The governor of Chihuahua
has no ties to criminal groups!
1102
01:21:08,321 --> 01:21:10,907
The killers must've realized
1103
01:21:11,575 --> 01:21:16,246
they could kill her that night
with total impunity,
1104
01:21:17,706 --> 01:21:23,295
at the door of the palace, the state,
with all the lights on,
1105
01:21:23,837 --> 01:21:25,088
and on camera.
1106
01:21:26,047 --> 01:21:30,135
It was sanctioned
if not outright ordered by the state.
1107
01:21:30,218 --> 01:21:33,305
She wasn't protected
because they left her all alone.
1108
01:21:33,388 --> 01:21:37,309
She was camping out there
because she had no recourse.
1109
01:21:37,392 --> 01:21:44,316
They weren't even investigating
or helping Marisela find Sergio Rafael.
1110
01:21:44,399 --> 01:21:48,945
I believe Marisela wouldn't have died
if we'd kept investigating.
1111
01:21:49,029 --> 01:21:54,784
But my term was long over.
Our tenures only last six years.
1112
01:21:54,868 --> 01:21:57,329
It was easier to kill her
than to arrest Sergio.
1113
01:21:58,204 --> 01:21:59,205
Much easier.
1114
01:21:59,289 --> 01:22:01,333
But what they didn't know is that
1115
01:22:02,208 --> 01:22:03,543
they couldn't silence her.
1116
01:22:04,044 --> 01:22:06,588
I knew it wasn't over.
1117
01:22:07,631 --> 01:22:08,715
That this…
1118
01:22:11,134 --> 01:22:12,719
wasn't over yet.
1119
01:22:13,845 --> 01:22:15,639
I told him…
1120
01:22:17,098 --> 01:22:21,394
I'd become the legal arm of his struggle,
1121
01:22:22,395 --> 01:22:26,066
as long as he kept up the fight.
1122
01:22:26,149 --> 01:22:30,612
I decided to keep up the fight,
but from U.S. soil.
1123
01:22:31,196 --> 01:22:34,783
I'll do it across the border
and see what happens.
1124
01:22:35,450 --> 01:22:37,160
RUBÍ - STOLEN JUSTICE
1125
01:22:37,243 --> 01:22:41,206
[Spector] They don't want green cards.
These people want justice.
1126
01:22:44,084 --> 01:22:48,254
We've seen the Mexican government's
dirty tricks here and in Mexico.
1127
01:22:48,338 --> 01:22:49,923
MEXICO GENERAL CONSULATE
1128
01:22:50,006 --> 01:22:55,345
We want to demand publicly
that they see what we're doing.
1129
01:22:55,428 --> 01:22:58,765
It will be awkward for them,
they'll be angry,
1130
01:22:58,848 --> 01:23:01,935
but we're not here to make friends,
we're here to get justice.
1131
01:23:02,018 --> 01:23:03,728
NICARAGUA
PROTESTERS CONDEMN FEMICIDES
1132
01:23:03,812 --> 01:23:05,689
[all] Justice!
1133
01:23:05,772 --> 01:23:08,984
[reporter]
A worldwide protest took place today
1134
01:23:09,067 --> 01:23:11,569
to denounce Marisela's murder.
1135
01:23:11,653 --> 01:23:14,489
[all] Stop violence against women!
1136
01:23:14,572 --> 01:23:16,282
"KILL ME IN FRONT OF THE PALACE!"
1137
01:23:16,366 --> 01:23:18,410
[Ruth] The political cost
1138
01:23:18,493 --> 01:23:21,997
for a new administration,
Chihuahua's new administration,
1139
01:23:22,080 --> 01:23:25,667
was very high.
It faced a very important challenge
1140
01:23:25,750 --> 01:23:29,129
since someone
had been murdered at their door.
1141
01:23:29,212 --> 01:23:33,216
After meeting with the AG himself,
denouncing the governor,
1142
01:23:33,299 --> 01:23:37,721
and embarrassing the state prosecutor,
she'd been killed at their door.
1143
01:23:37,804 --> 01:23:42,809
Not to mention society's outrage.
So, there was a great need
1144
01:23:42,892 --> 01:23:47,147
to prove their…
1145
01:23:47,981 --> 01:23:48,898
capacity
1146
01:23:48,982 --> 01:23:50,775
to deal with a case like this.
1147
01:23:50,859 --> 01:23:55,321
-[reporter] Is there any progress?
-We have made great strides.
1148
01:23:55,405 --> 01:24:00,577
Many new discoveries
have been added to the case file.
1149
01:24:00,660 --> 01:24:05,832
We hope that this case
will soon be closed.
1150
01:24:05,915 --> 01:24:08,209
[reporter]
What about Sergio Barraza's case?
1151
01:24:08,293 --> 01:24:10,462
It's the same case.
1152
01:24:10,545 --> 01:24:13,256
[Gabino]
It's very likely that they were instructed
1153
01:24:13,339 --> 01:24:16,426
to finally close the case,
given all the uproar.
1154
01:24:17,010 --> 01:24:19,345
The DA's office announced
1155
01:24:19,929 --> 01:24:22,640
they'd caught Marisela's killer,
1156
01:24:23,224 --> 01:24:26,186
and that they had evidence to prove it.
1157
01:24:26,269 --> 01:24:28,855
José Enrique Jiménez Zavala,
aka Wicked, has been detained.
1158
01:24:28,938 --> 01:24:32,108
He's the alleged killer
of activist Marisela Escobedo.
1159
01:24:32,734 --> 01:24:36,279
We have finally concluded
a long investigation,
1160
01:24:36,362 --> 01:24:38,865
culminating in the arrest
1161
01:24:39,908 --> 01:24:44,287
of the material perpetrator.
1162
01:24:45,163 --> 01:24:49,209
I'm responsible for taking the life
of Mrs. Escobedo.
1163
01:24:50,919 --> 01:24:55,799
I was following orders
from the criminal group I belong to.
1164
01:24:55,882 --> 01:25:02,806
They presented this man
as my mom's murderer,
1165
01:25:03,348 --> 01:25:07,519
and charged him with other crimes,
like shooting up a bar.
1166
01:25:07,602 --> 01:25:11,981
I worked as a public defender
for the state of Chihuahua.
1167
01:25:12,065 --> 01:25:16,277
-[man] What is your name?
-Perla Márquez, public defender.
1168
01:25:16,903 --> 01:25:19,781
[Perla] He simply told me,
"I killed the lady.
1169
01:25:19,864 --> 01:25:23,743
I want this over with as soon as possible.
And that's that."
1170
01:25:28,289 --> 01:25:31,334
[man] What can you tell us
about the first photograph?
1171
01:25:34,003 --> 01:25:36,131
[Wicked] I'm next
to the Government Palace.
1172
01:25:37,549 --> 01:25:40,510
As I got close to her,
1173
01:25:41,344 --> 01:25:42,804
my gun jammed.
1174
01:25:42,887 --> 01:25:44,681
I chased after her.
1175
01:25:44,764 --> 01:25:48,059
I imagine that this is
when I reloaded the gun.
1176
01:25:48,143 --> 01:25:52,230
In number 26, I imagine
that's when I caught up and shot her.
1177
01:25:55,358 --> 01:25:59,320
We have all this and evidence
from the other murders.
1178
01:25:59,404 --> 01:26:02,615
He confessed, and the gun is the same.
1179
01:26:03,324 --> 01:26:06,953
We have brought charges
with total confidence.
1180
01:26:07,036 --> 01:26:10,039
I want to take responsibility
for what I did,
1181
01:26:10,915 --> 01:26:16,379
and pay for the consequences
of my choices, as they say.
1182
01:26:18,089 --> 01:26:20,425
Marisela's attorney
1183
01:26:20,508 --> 01:26:23,928
doesn't believe
he is the murderer.
1184
01:26:24,012 --> 01:26:27,223
[Ruth] He uses terms like,
"I deprived her of her life."
1185
01:26:27,307 --> 01:26:32,645
Criminals usually say, "I killed her,"
or, "I took her out."
1186
01:26:33,479 --> 01:26:37,233
[Gabino] Who confesses to murder
completely unprompted?
1187
01:26:38,234 --> 01:26:43,156
The ones who have to prove guilt
are the prosecutor's office.
1188
01:26:43,239 --> 01:26:45,742
What concrete proof could they have?
1189
01:26:48,161 --> 01:26:50,663
[Ruth]
This whole thing rested on his confession.
1190
01:26:51,789 --> 01:26:56,127
They only proved the gun killed her.
1191
01:26:56,211 --> 01:26:59,589
They couldn't prove he fired it,
and there's a difference.
1192
01:27:01,507 --> 01:27:04,677
The family once again
raised a cry of alarm.
1193
01:27:04,761 --> 01:27:08,056
"You have the wrong man.
This case isn't solved."
1194
01:27:08,139 --> 01:27:12,727
Marisela's brother, Ricardo,
denies that Zavala is the killer,
1195
01:27:12,810 --> 01:27:15,897
because he was with her
and saw the killer up close.
1196
01:27:15,980 --> 01:27:18,566
[Juan] I couldn't identify him,
I wasn't there,
1197
01:27:18,650 --> 01:27:20,318
but Ricardo was.
1198
01:27:20,944 --> 01:27:26,241
And Ricardo told me that
he'd never forget the guy's face.
1199
01:27:27,450 --> 01:27:31,246
The composite drawing
shows many similarities
1200
01:27:31,329 --> 01:27:35,833
with the man they presented,
but he's not my mom's killer.
1201
01:27:35,917 --> 01:27:41,089
Marisela Escobedo's killer
is Andy Barraza.
1202
01:27:42,298 --> 01:27:48,304
Andy is Sergio's brother,
the man who killed Rubí, Juan's sister.
1203
01:27:48,388 --> 01:27:51,140
This is a picture
of Andy Barraza Bocanegra.
1204
01:27:52,600 --> 01:27:56,479
I met Andy sometime
before Rubí was murdered.
1205
01:27:56,562 --> 01:28:00,149
He had just been released from juvie.
1206
01:28:00,233 --> 01:28:02,485
Ricardo never met Andy.
1207
01:28:03,278 --> 01:28:06,864
He had never seen him before that night.
1208
01:28:07,448 --> 01:28:11,828
Marisela Escobedo filed a report
with the Chihuahua's AG's office,
1209
01:28:11,911 --> 01:28:17,125
accusing Andy Barraza of showing up
at her home to gun her down.
1210
01:28:17,208 --> 01:28:21,254
Andy had been telling people
in his neighborhood
1211
01:28:21,337 --> 01:28:27,010
that he was going to kill my mom.
He said, "I'm going to fuck her up."
1212
01:28:27,093 --> 01:28:31,431
We gave this information to the PGR.
1213
01:28:31,514 --> 01:28:33,766
To Mr. César Peniche.
1214
01:28:33,850 --> 01:28:35,476
MEXICO GENERAL CONSULATE
1215
01:28:35,560 --> 01:28:37,812
We chatted briefly with him.
1216
01:28:37,895 --> 01:28:40,481
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S DELEGATE IN CHIHUAHUA
(2010-2015)
1217
01:28:40,565 --> 01:28:45,528
We got some extra information
and scheduled a formal statement.
1218
01:28:46,112 --> 01:28:52,410
We demanded they conduct
a photographic line-up.
1219
01:28:53,578 --> 01:28:58,916
There was a photo of Andy
among all those pictures.
1220
01:28:59,792 --> 01:29:03,379
And Ricardo positively
identified him as the killer.
1221
01:29:05,590 --> 01:29:08,259
I RECOGNIZE THIS MAN
AS MY SISTER'S MURDERER
1222
01:29:08,343 --> 01:29:10,428
-[man] Did you kill her?
-Yes, sir, I did.
1223
01:29:10,511 --> 01:29:13,139
[man] Are you certain of that?
Is there any doubt?
1224
01:29:13,222 --> 01:29:15,600
Is there a chance you were on drugs
1225
01:29:15,683 --> 01:29:19,437
and you thought you did it
but someone else did?
1226
01:29:19,520 --> 01:29:23,316
I was on drugs all the time,
but I was fully aware.
1227
01:29:23,399 --> 01:29:27,111
The family insisted it wasn't Wicked
and pointed to the real killer,
1228
01:29:27,195 --> 01:29:29,530
but the prosecutors
ignored their information.
1229
01:29:29,614 --> 01:29:33,201
They dismissed it entirely,
didn't even include it in the file.
1230
01:29:33,284 --> 01:29:38,456
Their media strategy was about
hammering down on Wicked.
1231
01:29:38,539 --> 01:29:45,046
AQUILES SERDÁN CENTER
FOR SOCIAL READAPTATION, CHIHUAHUA
1232
01:29:49,050 --> 01:29:53,513
[Perla] Everything changed one day
when he told me, "Enough."
1233
01:29:55,014 --> 01:29:58,935
"I can't go along with this anymore,
because I didn't kill her."
1234
01:30:03,481 --> 01:30:08,611
He was tortured into confessing
to the murders he was charged with.
1235
01:30:09,904 --> 01:30:13,574
They made threats
against his wife and child.
1236
01:30:14,575 --> 01:30:17,370
So, he agreed to say whatever they wanted.
1237
01:30:21,582 --> 01:30:25,920
I immediately informed
the judge about this,
1238
01:30:26,587 --> 01:30:31,008
and requested the initiation
of the Istanbul Protocol.
1239
01:30:31,092 --> 01:30:37,849
This protocol is a test to determine
whether someone was tortured.
1240
01:30:37,932 --> 01:30:41,978
I told him that I thought
we should go to trial.
1241
01:30:42,061 --> 01:30:47,191
I thought we could mount
a successful defense.
1242
01:30:47,275 --> 01:30:53,448
Keep in mind, Marisela's brother
was there when she was killed,
1243
01:30:53,531 --> 01:30:55,491
so we had an actual witness.
1244
01:30:55,575 --> 01:31:01,414
We did our due diligence
as we prepared for the trial.
1245
01:31:01,497 --> 01:31:07,336
If the state charges someone
despite contrary evidence,
1246
01:31:07,420 --> 01:31:11,424
it must be proved in court,
but he'd get exonerated.
1247
01:31:15,052 --> 01:31:20,308
[Ruth] On December 31st, 2014,
the AG's office announced
1248
01:31:20,933 --> 01:31:24,395
that Wicked had died
from a massive heart attack.
1249
01:31:26,439 --> 01:31:31,736
Wicked's mother demanded
an autopsy of her son's body.
1250
01:31:32,570 --> 01:31:35,865
So they had to admit it was all a lie.
1251
01:31:36,949 --> 01:31:39,827
[reporter] Authorities walked back
their statement
1252
01:31:39,911 --> 01:31:43,915
about Wicked's cause of death.
1253
01:31:43,998 --> 01:31:47,585
They revealed he didn't die
from a heart attack.
1254
01:31:47,668 --> 01:31:51,297
Rather, he was strangled by his cell mate,
1255
01:31:51,380 --> 01:31:54,425
one Jaime Noel Cuevas, alias "Jimmy."
1256
01:31:55,468 --> 01:31:59,514
Murdered inside
a maximum security penitentiary.
1257
01:32:07,730 --> 01:32:13,611
I realized then that
even if I gave them all the evidence
1258
01:32:14,403 --> 01:32:18,574
right there in their hands
that someone else did it,
1259
01:32:18,658 --> 01:32:24,121
it wouldn't mean anything.
They didn't care for the truth.
1260
01:32:24,205 --> 01:32:30,169
In the end, what we need is transparency
1261
01:32:30,253 --> 01:32:33,381
from the authorities involved back then.
1262
01:32:33,464 --> 01:32:35,591
[interviewer]
Is the case still open, sir?
1263
01:32:35,675 --> 01:32:39,178
Is Marisela's murder under investigation?
1264
01:32:39,262 --> 01:32:42,223
Or is the case closed?
1265
01:32:43,766 --> 01:32:47,603
As I remember, the case ended
1266
01:32:47,687 --> 01:32:52,024
with this individual,
Wicked, being charged.
1267
01:32:52,608 --> 01:32:59,031
With the death of this individual
and his possible accomplice,
1268
01:32:59,115 --> 01:33:01,909
the matter was concluded.
1269
01:33:07,623 --> 01:33:12,253
[Juan] You're fighting a losing battle,
you know what I mean?
1270
01:33:13,546 --> 01:33:17,174
That day, as I stood next to
my mother's casket,
1271
01:33:17,258 --> 01:33:22,013
I promised her I would do
everything I could
1272
01:33:22,680 --> 01:33:25,600
to get justice for Rubí.
1273
01:33:26,183 --> 01:33:28,686
And that's what I did.
1274
01:33:28,769 --> 01:33:32,898
But I had to accept that I couldn't
spend my life in that pursuit.
1275
01:33:33,399 --> 01:33:39,447
I was completely drained,
mentally and emotionally.
1276
01:33:40,072 --> 01:33:42,450
You think hatred is all you have left.
1277
01:33:42,533 --> 01:33:46,996
At first it seems like a driving force,
but then it gnaws at you.
1278
01:33:47,079 --> 01:33:50,333
I wasn't happy, I couldn't be at peace.
1279
01:33:50,416 --> 01:33:55,421
I'd wake up each morning
and think about my mom.
1280
01:33:55,504 --> 01:33:58,466
I'd think about Andy and Sergio.
1281
01:34:02,345 --> 01:34:04,513
[sirens blaring]
1282
01:34:07,016 --> 01:34:08,142
[gunshots]
1283
01:34:10,853 --> 01:34:15,650
[reporter 1] One of the most wanted men
in the state of Chihuahua is dead.
1284
01:34:15,733 --> 01:34:20,071
[reporter 2] State prosecutor confirmed
the death of Sergio Rafael Barraza.
1285
01:34:20,154 --> 01:34:25,660
[reporter 3] After lying unidentified
for six days at Zacatecas' morgue,
1286
01:34:25,743 --> 01:34:31,290
Barraza's body was identified
and claimed by his wife.
1287
01:34:31,374 --> 01:34:36,045
[reporter 4] Barraza was killed by
soldiers in a gunfight on November 16th.
1288
01:34:37,046 --> 01:34:40,049
He was gunned down
because of his criminal activities.
1289
01:34:40,132 --> 01:34:43,260
But it was not a result of an arrest.
1290
01:34:43,344 --> 01:34:48,057
He didn't serve the 50-year sentence
that Marisela had fought for.
1291
01:34:48,140 --> 01:34:52,019
He was the only man responsible
for Rubí's murder.
1292
01:34:53,145 --> 01:34:59,360
As for the case tied to him
which he masterminded,
1293
01:34:59,443 --> 01:35:03,489
the actual perpetrator
has also been arrested.
1294
01:35:04,615 --> 01:35:07,159
Marisela's case was closed.
1295
01:35:07,243 --> 01:35:09,370
Sergio Barraza was dead, so it was closed.
1296
01:35:09,453 --> 01:35:14,750
That speaks volumes
in terms of the concept of justice
1297
01:35:14,834 --> 01:35:17,545
for the authorities
and the current government.
1298
01:35:18,379 --> 01:35:20,297
Case closed.
1299
01:35:20,381 --> 01:35:24,135
[Juan] We drove down to El Paso
and talked about Andy.
1300
01:35:24,218 --> 01:35:28,180
I singled him out as the man
my uncle had identified.
1301
01:35:28,264 --> 01:35:31,183
But the prosecutors never acknowledged it.
1302
01:35:31,267 --> 01:35:36,897
Salas later claimed that all this
had come out of nowhere.
1303
01:35:37,523 --> 01:35:43,946
Seriously? After all those times
I spoke outside the consulate?
1304
01:35:44,029 --> 01:35:48,492
Dealing with Mexican authorities
is a huge waste of time.
1305
01:35:58,711 --> 01:36:00,963
[door buzzes, then opens]
1306
01:36:03,299 --> 01:36:07,511
[Andy] I have nothing to hide, bro.
I'll tell you anything you want,
1307
01:36:07,595 --> 01:36:10,848
except for the things
that might incriminate me.
1308
01:36:11,390 --> 01:36:16,395
If they want to blame me for Marisela,
it wasn't me, dude. I say this sincerely.
1309
01:36:16,479 --> 01:36:20,608
I worked at a restaurant
on Mesa Street, El Paso, Texas.
1310
01:36:20,691 --> 01:36:23,819
My shift ended at 1:00 a.m.
1311
01:36:23,903 --> 01:36:28,491
I found out the next morning
when a friend woke me up.
1312
01:36:29,074 --> 01:36:32,536
I didn't kill Marisela.
I'm here for stealing boots.
1313
01:36:33,037 --> 01:36:34,789
They say the same about my brother.
1314
01:36:34,872 --> 01:36:38,959
That my brother, Sergio Rafael
Barraza Bocanegra killed Marisela.
1315
01:36:39,043 --> 01:36:43,631
Of course he ordered the hit,
but someone else killed her.
1316
01:36:44,632 --> 01:36:48,302
He made the decision to join
the Zetas cartel.
1317
01:36:48,385 --> 01:36:49,595
SERGIO BARRAZA'S BROTHER
1318
01:36:49,678 --> 01:36:51,972
He joined the Zetas and died with them.
1319
01:36:52,556 --> 01:36:55,810
He died, but he gained power
and met the top dogs.
1320
01:36:55,893 --> 01:37:00,564
He met the Juárez Cartel's top dogs
and they did favors for us.
1321
01:37:00,648 --> 01:37:01,649
I mean, for him.
1322
01:37:02,942 --> 01:37:04,819
[interviewer] Burning down the store,
1323
01:37:04,902 --> 01:37:08,489
killing the protected witness,
your brother did all that?
1324
01:37:08,572 --> 01:37:11,951
[Andy] Of course it was him,
who else could've done it?
1325
01:37:12,034 --> 01:37:14,787
He was the mastermind behind all that.
1326
01:37:15,663 --> 01:37:21,001
That's it, I'm telling you here.
I didn't kill Marisela Fraire Escobedo.
1327
01:37:23,504 --> 01:37:24,964
I didn't kill that woman.
1328
01:37:26,131 --> 01:37:29,760
[brooding music]
1329
01:37:51,031 --> 01:37:53,951
[Spanish song playing]
1330
01:38:16,390 --> 01:38:20,436
In the end, Rubí's murder went unpunished.
1331
01:38:21,812 --> 01:38:25,399
Marisela's murder went unpunished.
1332
01:38:25,482 --> 01:38:28,402
He was never arrested.
1333
01:38:28,485 --> 01:38:32,072
He never served time for Rubí's murder.
1334
01:38:32,740 --> 01:38:37,953
And Marisela didn't get
any justice either.
1335
01:38:38,037 --> 01:38:43,834
The country's prosecutions
are overwhelmed.
1336
01:38:43,918 --> 01:38:48,881
As a direct result of that,
many of the investigations…
1337
01:38:49,632 --> 01:38:50,799
uh…
1338
01:38:50,883 --> 01:38:52,676
are frankly flawed.
1339
01:38:53,469 --> 01:38:56,180
But most investigations
aren't even flawed,
1340
01:38:56,764 --> 01:38:59,183
they're permanently shelved.
1341
01:38:59,266 --> 01:39:02,227
They're stuck forever in a deep slumber.
1342
01:39:07,775 --> 01:39:12,613
[Lucha] There are still many girls
like Rubí all over the country.
1343
01:39:13,197 --> 01:39:18,953
Many Mariselas who walk every day
demanding justice.
1344
01:39:22,706 --> 01:39:24,792
[song continues]
1345
01:39:57,658 --> 01:40:02,538
MARISELA ESCOBEDO
NINE YEARS WITHOUT JUSTICE
1346
01:40:06,375 --> 01:40:09,378
RUBÍ
4126 DAYS WITHOUT JUSTICE
1347
01:40:13,632 --> 01:40:16,510
MARISELA
3285 DAYS WITHOUT JUSTICE
1348
01:40:25,728 --> 01:40:27,771
[Ruth] If we let cases like this,
1349
01:40:28,856 --> 01:40:34,111
cases as clear-cut as this
end in impunity,
1350
01:40:34,653 --> 01:40:40,534
if we let this happen,
we put our own society at risk.
1351
01:40:41,160 --> 01:40:46,832
[Gabino] We march on every anniversary
so that people don't forget.
1352
01:40:52,296 --> 01:40:55,090
A crime without justice.
1353
01:40:56,884 --> 01:40:59,386
A crime drenched in impunity.
1354
01:41:01,889 --> 01:41:03,390
Marisela
1355
01:41:05,017 --> 01:41:07,728
left her business behind
1356
01:41:08,729 --> 01:41:14,610
in order to become a staunch defender
1357
01:41:14,693 --> 01:41:18,655
of life, justice, and liberty.
1358
01:41:20,866 --> 01:41:22,242
It cost her her life.
1359
01:41:23,160 --> 01:41:26,121
Because the government
1360
01:41:26,997 --> 01:41:31,376
wasn't able to give her
the justice she demanded.
1361
01:41:35,130 --> 01:41:40,177
MARISELA ESCOBEDO ORTIZ
WAS MURDERED HERE ON DEC 16TH 2010
1362
01:41:40,260 --> 01:41:43,097
Her last words are still etched
into my memory.
1363
01:41:45,933 --> 01:41:50,104
"I'd like my daughter's femicide
to be the last one in this city."
1364
01:41:51,605 --> 01:41:54,775
[Ruth] She was a nurse, a mother,
a business owner.
1365
01:41:54,858 --> 01:41:56,235
Her life was like any other's.
1366
01:41:56,318 --> 01:42:02,282
But what she did during
the last two years of her life
1367
01:42:02,366 --> 01:42:06,703
helped her transcend into the history
of Chihuahua and Mexico forever.
1368
01:42:06,787 --> 01:42:08,956
[forceful music plays]
1369
01:42:09,039 --> 01:42:11,542
[reporter]
Marisela Escobedo is a living hero
1370
01:42:11,625 --> 01:42:13,335
in our collective consciousness.
1371
01:42:13,418 --> 01:42:16,338
Not only in Ciudad Juárez,
but for many Mexicans.
1372
01:42:17,506 --> 01:42:23,846
[Spector] She was a spark of hope
for Mexican women and victims.
1373
01:42:24,471 --> 01:42:27,599
Everyone felt the weight of her words.
1374
01:42:29,143 --> 01:42:31,562
[Marisela] Get out of your four walls.
1375
01:42:31,645 --> 01:42:34,481
If one door closes,
tomorrow another opens.
1376
01:42:34,565 --> 01:42:37,484
You can keep searching
until the end of the Earth.
1377
01:42:37,568 --> 01:42:39,945
So that our daughters may live free,
1378
01:42:40,028 --> 01:42:43,073
so that they're not victims
of violence or abuse,
1379
01:42:43,157 --> 01:42:44,700
and much less murder.
1380
01:42:46,368 --> 01:42:48,620
[crowd] The fight goes on and on!
1381
01:42:48,704 --> 01:42:50,747
Marisela lives on!
1382
01:42:50,873 --> 01:42:55,919
We know there's good people out there,
and I'm calling for their support.
1383
01:42:56,670 --> 01:43:02,009
Take to the streets with us
and demand justice.
1384
01:43:02,092 --> 01:43:05,470
Look out for each other
and don't wait to be next.
1385
01:43:05,554 --> 01:43:09,641
[all chanting] Justice! Justice!
1386
01:43:13,187 --> 01:43:16,523
[Marisela] These are mothers who've left
orphaned children.
1387
01:43:16,607 --> 01:43:21,361
These are our daughters.
These are students.
1388
01:43:21,445 --> 01:43:24,656
They are the future of our city
and our country.
1389
01:43:24,740 --> 01:43:29,244
[all chanting]
Not one more murdered woman!
1390
01:43:31,955 --> 01:43:35,417
TOGETHER WE'RE STRONG!
1391
01:43:35,500 --> 01:43:38,795
NOT ONE LESS
1392
01:43:38,879 --> 01:43:41,715
[crowd chanting] Listen!
This is your fight!
1393
01:43:41,798 --> 01:43:45,719
MEXICO FEMICIDE
1394
01:43:45,802 --> 01:43:49,932
[crowd chanting] You are not alone!
You are not alone!
1395
01:43:53,810 --> 01:43:57,105
[chanting continues]
1396
01:43:57,189 --> 01:44:00,442
[Juan] I realized that my mom
had become a symbol.
1397
01:44:02,027 --> 01:44:06,198
A symbol of this fight in Chihuahua,
Mexico City, and Ciudad Juárez.
1398
01:44:06,281 --> 01:44:07,532
She's a symbol.
1399
01:44:11,620 --> 01:44:14,373
[Ruth] This is a love story,
1400
01:44:14,456 --> 01:44:20,212
and it's also the story
of many mothers, fathers,
1401
01:44:20,295 --> 01:44:23,048
many brothers, sisters,
sons, and daughters,
1402
01:44:23,131 --> 01:44:25,300
that we're all experiencing nowadays.
1403
01:44:26,134 --> 01:44:28,136
Yeah, it's a love story.
1404
01:44:29,137 --> 01:44:33,642
I decided I was tired,
I didn't want to hate anymore.
1405
01:44:34,434 --> 01:44:36,979
And in that moment, as I said those words,
1406
01:44:37,521 --> 01:44:44,069
this weight fell off my shoulders,
like huge sacks of cement.
1407
01:44:44,945 --> 01:44:48,782
A huge weight dropped off,
and the hate was gone.
1408
01:44:49,533 --> 01:44:53,829
There was no forgiveness either,
that's a different thing,
1409
01:44:53,912 --> 01:44:56,873
but the hatred wasn't there,
it was all gone.
1410
01:44:57,708 --> 01:45:00,585
I haven't felt the same since.
1411
01:45:05,716 --> 01:45:07,676
Good evening, everyone.
1412
01:45:09,553 --> 01:45:15,767
Thank you for sharing this special night
for our family and Noemí's.
1413
01:45:16,393 --> 01:45:22,274
I'd like you to join me in a toast,
with whatever is on hand,
1414
01:45:22,816 --> 01:45:27,863
to wish these kids happiness
and God bless you all.
1415
01:45:27,946 --> 01:45:29,072
Thank you.
1416
01:45:31,158 --> 01:45:33,201
[Juan] My mom taught us love.
1417
01:45:36,997 --> 01:45:42,836
I was too stubborn to be loved,
but she loved me anyway.
1418
01:45:54,139 --> 01:45:56,892
[choral music plays]
1419
01:46:09,154 --> 01:46:10,655
[forceful acoustic music]
1420
01:46:10,739 --> 01:46:12,324
IN 2019, A LAWSUIT WAS BROUGHT
1421
01:46:12,407 --> 01:46:15,035
BEFORE THE INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION
ON HUMAN RIGHTS
1422
01:46:15,118 --> 01:46:17,871
TO DETERMINE
THE MEXICAN STATE'S RESPONSIBILITY
1423
01:46:17,954 --> 01:46:22,042
IN THE HANDLING
OF MARISELA AND RUBÍ'S CASE
1424
01:46:22,125 --> 01:46:26,755
ANDY BARRAZA IS SERVING TIME IN TEXAS, US,
FOR AGGRAVATED ROBBERY
1425
01:46:26,838 --> 01:46:33,720
THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT HAS NEVER
SUMMONED HIM TO TESTIFY IN MARISELA'S CASE
1426
01:46:33,804 --> 01:46:37,432
AT THE TIME THIS DOCUMENTARY WAS MADE,
AFTER THREE YEARS AT LARGE,
1427
01:46:37,516 --> 01:46:41,561
CÉSAR DUARTE IS BEING HELD IN MIAMI
WHILE APPEALING AN EXTRADITION WARRANT
1428
01:46:41,645 --> 01:46:43,522
THERE ARE 21 WARRANTS FOR HIS ARREST
1429
01:46:43,605 --> 01:46:45,941
HE IS ACCUSED OF EMBEZZLING
$1.2 BILLION PESOS
1430
01:46:46,024 --> 01:46:50,070
ON AVERAGE, TEN WOMEN
ARE MURDERED EACH DAY IN MEXICO
1431
01:46:50,153 --> 01:46:52,781
97% OF ALL FEMICIDES GO UNPUNISHED
1432
01:46:52,864 --> 01:46:56,743
♪ Please don't forget their names
Mr. President ♪
1433
01:46:56,827 --> 01:46:59,871
♪ For all the women
Marching along Reforma ♪
1434
01:46:59,955 --> 01:47:03,250
♪ For all the girls fighting in Sonora ♪
1435
01:47:03,333 --> 01:47:06,586
♪ For the female Commanders
Fighting for Chiapas ♪
1436
01:47:06,670 --> 01:47:09,756
♪ For all the mothers
Searching in Tijuana ♪
1437
01:47:09,840 --> 01:47:13,176
♪ We sing fearless
We demand justice ♪
1438
01:47:13,260 --> 01:47:16,346
♪ We shout for every disappeared girl ♪
1439
01:47:16,430 --> 01:47:19,558
♪ Let's hear it
We want to be alive ♪
1440
01:47:19,641 --> 01:47:22,602
♪ Make at last ♪
1441
01:47:22,686 --> 01:47:29,401
♪ The femicide die ♪
1442
01:47:29,484 --> 01:47:32,571
♪ I light everything on fire
I break everything ♪
1443
01:47:32,654 --> 01:47:35,699
♪ If some guy
Shuts your eyes forever ♪
1444
01:47:35,782 --> 01:47:38,869
♪ I won't shut up
I've had enough ♪
1445
01:47:38,952 --> 01:47:41,580
♪ If they hurt one ♪
1446
01:47:41,663 --> 01:47:46,168
♪ We will all react ♪
1447
01:47:46,251 --> 01:47:52,507
♪ I am Claudia, I am Ester
And I am Teresa ♪
1448
01:47:52,591 --> 01:47:58,930
♪ I am Ingrid, I am Rubí
I am Marisela ♪
1449
01:47:59,014 --> 01:48:05,520
♪ I am the girl that you forced
To come with you ♪
1450
01:48:05,604 --> 01:48:11,985
♪ I am the mother now crying
For their deaths ♪
1451
01:48:12,068 --> 01:48:18,366
♪ And I am the one who'll make you pay ♪
1452
01:48:18,450 --> 01:48:21,286
♪ Justice, justice, justice! ♪
1453
01:48:21,369 --> 01:48:24,539
♪ For all the women
Marching along Reforma ♪
1454
01:48:24,623 --> 01:48:27,709
♪ For all the girls fighting in Sonora ♪
1455
01:48:27,792 --> 01:48:31,046
♪ For the female Commanders
Fighting for Chiapas ♪
1456
01:48:31,129 --> 01:48:34,090
♪ For all the mothers
Searching in Tijuana ♪
1457
01:48:34,174 --> 01:48:37,594
♪ We sing fearless
We demand justice ♪
1458
01:48:37,677 --> 01:48:40,722
♪ We shout for every disappeared girl ♪
1459
01:48:40,805 --> 01:48:44,100
♪ Let's hear it
We want to be alive ♪
1460
01:48:44,184 --> 01:48:47,145
♪ Make at last ♪
1461
01:48:47,229 --> 01:48:50,690
♪ The femicide die ♪
1462
01:48:50,774 --> 01:48:53,610
♪ Make at last ♪
1463
01:48:53,693 --> 01:48:59,824
♪ The femicide die ♪
1464
01:49:01,451 --> 01:49:05,664
♪ And let the Earth shake at its core ♪
1465
01:49:05,747 --> 01:49:11,586
♪ At the mere roar of love ♪
1466
01:49:13,046 --> 01:49:18,677
♪ And let the Earth shake at its core ♪
1467
01:49:18,760 --> 01:49:24,975
♪ At the mere roar ♪
1468
01:49:25,058 --> 01:49:31,982
♪ Of love ♪