Mexico City, August 6.— A victim of torture and after more than 10 years in prison accused of kidnapping , Indigenous woman María Isabel San Agustín was released yesterday from the Santa Martha women's prison . She thus became the first to benefit from the measure announced by the governments of Mexico and Mexico City to release those who have been subjected to this practice .
"I have contacted the family of Ms. María Isabel San Agustín to inform them of her release in the coming hours, after suffering torture and spending 11 years unjustly imprisoned," wrote the head of the local government, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, on her Twitter account minutes before the woman's release.
María Isabel , originally from the state of Hidalgo, was sentenced to 65 years in prison , but was released at 6 p.m. on Thursday, accompanied by the head of the Women's Secretariat, Ingrid Gómez, and her parents and sister were waiting for her, who greeted her with hugs.
"Here the majority of the population is innocent"
"Justice was done for me. I never imagined this moment could happen. I hope this helps all those who are here unjustly, that they get justice, because the majority of the population here is innocent," the woman said, her voice breaking and her sobs flaring.
