The cruel story of Irma Felipe who achieved freedom after 18 years: she was sentenced to 45 years in prison for criminalizing the abortion she had after being beaten by her ex-husband

Irma Felipe, a Mexican woman of indigenous origin, was released thanks to amnesty after spending 18 years in the Nezahualcóyotl Women’s Penitentiary after being accused of killing her son in the final stage of her pregnancy.

“I have been seeking my daughter’s freedom for 18 years and today I thank God and all those who have made this possible that I can see my daughter again, to be able to take her away, which is the main thing,” her mother Zenaida Esquivel assured Milenio.

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The cruel story of Irma Felipe unfairly sentenced to 45 years in prison

The woman, who is now 40 years old, suffered a miscarriage after being severely beaten by her sentimental partner at that time.

After the abortion, an Ixtlahuaca-based judge sentenced her to 45 years in prison. Now, thanks to her benefit from the amnesty process, Irma Felipe was able to return to be with her mother, sister and her children, who fought together with organizations and the Human Rights Commission (CODHEM) to achieve the freedom of she.

For Irma, the 18 years she spent in jail were an apprenticeship and she assured that she keeps the good of the unfortunate experience she lived through.

“Well, learning like this, they say that human beings are resilient, because we have to take the good with us, get the good out of the bad, and there are many good people working from this system and who have left me a lot,” he said.

With practically a new life, the woman explained that prison was a break and now she will continue to fight for her dreams and she will overcome herself to continue her studies, which she stopped when she was 22 years old.

Irma Felipe lost her son after being beaten by her sentimental partner inside her home in the municipality of Jiquipilco, in the State of Mexico.

In 2005, she was arrested for the crime of homicide despite being the victim. Her case was not prosecuted with a gender or human rights perspective and she received a sentence.

The woman was transferred to her home by CODHEM officials, whom she thanked “for always being with me, I don’t have a better family than you,” she ended to reunite with her loved ones and start her new life. (YO)

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