A KILLER has been jailed for 70 years after cutting up his girlfriend’s body and flushing it down the toilet.
Erik Francisco Robledo, 46, killed Ingrid Escamilla, 25, at his home in Mexico in February 2020.
Ingrid Escamilla had been studying a master’s when she was killed by her abusive partner[/caption]
He was handed the maximum sentence a criminal can get in Mexico following a trial that lasted over 26 hearings and ended last Thursday.
Robledo reportedly confessed to murdering his young lover before skinning and dismembering her and disposing of body parts and intestines down the toilet.
According to reports, neighbours called the police after seeing Robledo leave his home drenched in blood.
Footage from that night shows Robledo in a car with a head bandage and blood on his chest as he chats to police.
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He’s then heard saying he got into a heated argument with Ingrid and began to beat her.
“She said she wanted to kill me and I said do it. She took a knife and I said do it at once. She stabbed me once and I said do it stronger. And she tried two more times,” he’s heard saying.
When asked why he dismembered her body, he answered: “I did not want anyone to know.”
He added: “I used the same knife she attacked me with to stab her in her throat. I threw pieces of her dead body into the drainage system because I felt ashamed.”
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Prosecutor Nelly Montealegre, who specialises in gender violence, said the case was being treated as a femicide.
Ingrid reportedly filed a complaint against her civil engineer partner in July 2019 but later dropped the charges.
She had been studying a master’s in tourism and described herself as a person who loves adventures, pets and nature, according to her social media account.
Following last Thursday’s verdict, the General Prosecutor’s Office of Justice of Mexico City announced: “We obtained a sentence of 70 years in prison against Erick Francisco ‘N’ after proving his criminal responsibility in the familicide of the young woman.”
Robledo was also forced to cover Ingrid’s funeral expenses and pay compensation to her family.
Antelma Vargas, Ingrid’s mum, said the verdict showed justice was possible for victims of femicide.
She said: “I feel satisfied, although that is not going to bring my daughter back to life, but for those people who are living those processes that we live so long, that they do not give up, that they do not lose faith, that they fight until they achieve their goal because they do can.”
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In Mexico, an average of 10 females are killed by an abusive partner on a daily basis.
Only three per cent of the murders are criminally investigated, and only 1 per cent of those make it to court.
The 46-year-old cut up Ingrid’s body and flushed it down the toilet[/caption]
An average of 10 women are killed by an abusive partner in Mexico every day[/caption]