Mexican trapped in hole dug to spy on ex

MEXICO – Officials from northern Mexico said that a man had accidentally been trapped in a hole that he had dug in order to be able to spy on his former girlfriend surreptitiously, in violation of the law. a restrictive order.

The state attorney general's office in Sonora said Sunday that the 50-year-old man had spent days digging the hole in Puerto Penasco, in the Gulf of California, to then remain trapped and have need help to get out of it. The man had been ordered to stay away from his ex-girlfriend because of domestic violence charges. He is now in prison.

Violence against women is at the center of Mexico's concern this week after a woman was hit by a car and stabbed to death by her husband in front of the state governor's residence. from Jalisco, in the west of the country. This incident was filmed.