According to family members, National Guard personnel informed them on Tuesday, October 14, that Stephany had suffered an accident during shooting practice inside the Acapulco base. He died with two shots to the head.
However, the family also received an unofficial version according to which the alleged accident would have been an attack committed by Second Sergeant Yair Manuel “N”, who fled the same day as the incident.
Friends of the young woman stated that she had reported harassment within the National Guard, as recorded in personal messages shared on social networks.
“It’s just that they are dogs (…) I made a report and not even like that,” Stephany wrote in response to another young woman who asked her for advice on how to act in a situation of harassment within the institution.
Stephany joined the National Guard in April of this year and, six months later, her family and friends carried her coffin to the municipal pantheon of Ajalpan, Puebla, where she was buried this Friday, October 17.
“Justice for Stephany” was the legend on the canvas that led the funeral procession, in which relatives and residents demanded that the governor of Puebla, Alejandro Armenta, clarify the alleged feminicide.
Armenta reported that the investigation into the young woman’s death is being carried out by the Guerrero and Puebla Prosecutor’s Offices.
“As soon as we have information we will make it known, but it is a matter for the prosecutor’s offices and we must avoid making comments or speculations that could alter the legal order of the investigation,” said the president when questioned by the media.
