Authorities investigate femicide of Indigenous leader in northern Mexico
Hermosillo, Mexico, Jan 10 (EFE).- The Attorney General’s Office of the Mexican state of Sonora announced Wednesday that it is investigating the femicide of the governor of the Cucapah ethnic group, Aronia Wilson Tambo, and that it has a suspect in custody.
The crime occurred on Tuesday in the binational indigenous community of Pozas of Arvizu, in the municipality of San Luis Río Colorado, next to the border wall between Sonora and Arizona (United States), in northwestern Mexico.
The preliminary expert report dismissed the connection between the crime and the Indigenous leader’s political or social activities.
The investigation is now focusing on femicide, the murder of women and girls because of their gender.
Aronia, 64, was a city councilor, but also a defender of the culture and traditions of the Cucapah people and one of the few speakers of their language.
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