Six Possible Femicide Cases Registered in State of Mexico

Six possible femicide cases were recently registered in the municipalities of Metepec, Xalatlaco, Lerma, Xonacatlán, Ixtlahuaca, and Toluca. In two of these cases, the victims could not be identified at the scene due to the condition of their bodies. In Toluca, the capital of the State of Mexico, María del Carmen Rosales Soto la Marina was reported missing as of April 2nd. Her body was recently found dead inside the home she rented on Calle Lago Villarica, between Pátzcuaro and Sayula, in the El Seminario neighborhood, in the south of the city. Reports indicate that, at first glance, the young woman's body showed no signs of violence, and it will be the corresponding legal autopsy that determines the actual cause of death. Metepec adds two femicide cases in a month. In recent days of Holy Week, sanitation workers, who were working at the landfill located in the La Michoacana neighborhood, found the remains of a woman. Among the waste, only the torso, the head, and some extremities were present, so her personal details could not be determined at first glance. At the beginning of last month, in a wooded area located in the town of San Miguel Totocuitlapilco, the body of Ana Karen Nute Téllez, 19, was found. Her assailant, Daniel 'N', a Didi Moto operator, was captured in the neighboring municipality of Calimaya and is imprisoned in the Santiaguito prison in Almoloya de Juárez. If found guilty of the probable crime of femicide, he will be sentenced to 40 to 70 years in prison, in accordance with the current Penal Code of the State of Mexico. Violent weekend. Meanwhile, in the municipality of Xalatlaco, on Vicente Guerrero street, the body of 15-year-old Siomara Betzabeth Neri Rivera was found dead. In Lerma, on a dirt road in the 'Los Puentecillos' area, in the community of El Espino, near the Lerma-Valle de Bravo highway, authorities found a young woman lying face down. The victim, who was on a dirt road, was wearing a black skirt, a purple blouse, a jacket, and white sneakers. This young-looking woman was admitted to the Forensic Medical Service as an unidentified person. In Xonacatlán, also in the Toluca Valley, the body of 23-year-old Jazmín Yessenia Flores Grajeda, a mother of two young children, was found dead. And last week, in the town of San Bartolo del Llano, in the municipality of Ixtlahuaca, in northern Mexico State, Luz María de Jesús Genaro, 49, was found dead, wrapped in a sack and in a wastewater channel. How many femicides were there in 2025 in Edomex? Reports from the Executive Secretariat of the National Public Security System indicate that last year, the State of Mexico recorded 52 femicides, 10 of which were against minors. Meanwhile, the federal registry for 2024 indicated that this federative entity had 73 femicides, compared to 89 cases in 2023. Finally, at the national level, the State of Mexico is one of the entities with the highest incidence of this high-impact crime, along with Chihuahua, Sinaloa, Mexico City, and Veracruz.