“The decision not to prosecute the aggressor puts our colleague at risk and perpetuates the historical pattern of impunity for Indigenous women in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec and the state of Oaxaca. This case joins two others where the same judge, Omar Morales Simón, has favored impunity and violence against Indigenous women, protecting the criminals,” stated members of the Indigenous Futures Network this Thursday.
This comes after Judge Omar Morales Simón’s ruling was made public, following more than 14 hours of hearings in which he decided to release one of the two alleged rapists, claiming that the victim did not report severe injuries, while the other person remains at large.
Both the medical and psychological expert reports were dismissed by the defendant’s legal team, as well as by Judge Morales Simón, who failed to acknowledge that the defense presented photographs of the location where the sexual assault took place, a scene that had been altered. “This adds to the growing list of cases of institutional misogyny against other Indigenous women,” stated Futuros Indígenas.
Journalist Soledad Jarquín recalled that Judge Omar Morales Simón “in 2018 failed to prosecute one of the alleged perpetrators in the femicides of M.S.C.J. and P.I.T.P., as well as the murder of A.J.G., in Juchitán de Zaragoza; he has also been accused of accepting identity theft to ‘forgive’ a rapist in the Mixe region in 2022, and now adds this failure to prosecute an alleged rapist in a case that occurred in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec region.
In an initial statement, the Network detailed that the events occurred between the night of December 29 and the early morning of December 30, 2025. The accused are two men who, through beatings, subdued her to achieve their objective. “Our organization and solidarity are worth more than the impunity and corruption of the justice system.” “We raise our voices and we will not remain silent in the face of violence, injustice and impunity,” said the Indigenous Futures Network.
Source: dialogosoaxaca
