The State Prosecutor’s Office is conducting investigations under the femicide protocol with a gender perspective, to clarify the facts which a woman lost her life due to being run over by a taxi, in what is believed to be intentional, in the municipality of Puerto Vallarta, yesterday, January 29, 2023, at approximately 8:09 p.m.
The information was released through the Tourist Police, who reported finding the victim on Sagitario street in the Amapas neighborhood, for which instructions were issued for the cordoning off of the area and the preservation of evidence as well as the filling of the reports.
Upon the arrival of the Public Ministry agent and elements of the Investigation Police belonging to the VIII District Special Regional Prosecutor’s Office, the primary inquiries began in which it was possible to gather the information that lead to the presumption that the female was hit by a taxi driver intentionally.
The victim’s body showed various traces of violence, for which reason it was transferred by personnel from the Jalisco Institute of Forensic Sciences for a complete autopsy.
Continuing with the ministerial proceedings, it was also possible to seize a Toyota Avanza vehicle in white and yellow taxi colors, with plates from the State of Jalisco, which is identified as the one used in the killing of the woman, in addition to another vehicle that suffered damage during the event.
As part of the progress that has been made, there is also information on the identity of a male identified as the possible perpetrator of the act, for which reason the State Prosecutor’s Office continues with the investigations until the case is clarified and justice for the victim is achieved, direct and indirect, and prevent the crime from going unpunished.
This information is preliminary and as the proceedings progress, they will be made known through the official channels of the investigators.
