Tamaulipas Prosecutor's Office Confirms FGR Collaboration on New Expert Evidence in Dafne Zapata Case

The Tamaulipas Prosecutor's Office is working with Mexico's federal Attorney General's Office (FGR) to gather new expert evidence in the ongoing investigation into the feminicide of teenager Dafne Zapata Quintos. This development comes after President Claudia Sheinbaum publicly requested the FGR's involvement.

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I received the family members, I spoke with them and I promised them that I would ask the Attorney General to analyze this case to see what the young woman's condition was. She is in the state prosecutor's office, the governor will also do the same.

Sheinbaum's intervention followed a meeting with the parents of Danna Yanina "N", who is currently in preventive detention at the Altamira prison. The president stated that she asked the Attorney General, Ernestina Godoy, to review the case, suggesting that the young woman might also be a victim and not necessarily a participant in the crime.

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I asked the Attorney General to be able to look into this case, because maybe the young woman is also a victim and she did not necessarily participate in this process.

Jesús Eduardo Govea Orozco, head of the Tamaulipas Prosecutor's Office, acknowledged the public's strong reactions during the president's visit to the southern region, calling it an "excess." However, he confirmed that communication with the FGR has been ongoing since the start of the investigation. He stated that the FGR has offered its support to collaborate on the case, especially following the president's suggestion.

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you were witnesses to it, during the visit of the country's chief executive; the people were very upset, they shouted slogans against the president and the president herself, she attended to them, she listened to them, and as you know, she recommended or suggested to the Attorney General's Office to communicate with us to analyze the case. Which has happened.

Orozco detailed that the collaboration includes the possibility of conducting new expert examinations during the complementary investigation phase. This joint effort aims to thoroughly analyze the circumstances surrounding the case and ensure a comprehensive review of the evidence.

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We have communication, in this case, communication with the Attorney General's Office, since the beginning of the investigation. The Attorney General's Office has made itself available precisely to collaborate in the investigation following this comment from the President of the Republic.