An Argentinian woman was killed with a machete in Mexico and the police killed her husband

According to local media reports, the incident occurred Wednesday in a condominium in the district of Santa María la Ribera, in the municipality of Cuauhtémoc.

It all started when the victim, identified as Yamila Lin (38), asked her lawyers' help, over the phone, and told them that she felt threatened with death by her husband, with whom she was divorcing.

The lawyers contacted the Buenavista police and, when they were in the condominium, the local security officials heard gunshots. They warned soldiers crossing the street.

When the police approached the department, she heard the cry of a child and fearing for her integrity, she wanted to force in and was shot.

Immediately, they repelled the badault and during an exchange of gunfire, Lin's husband was shot and died moments later, while a policeman was injured.

In the meantime, the woman's body was found in the bathroom, next to a pair of gloves and a machete, item that the husband would have used for the type of injury that occurred. he presented.

All morning, experts from the Attorney General's office in the Mexican capital worked there and the 2-year-old was sent to the agency attached to the central prosecutor's office for child and adolescent investigations. . provide adequate care and attention.

Lin's crime is occurring in the context of a wave of feminicides in Mexico, where about 1,100 have been registered so far this year, according to official records.