He told me that he was going to cut my vagina so no one would like him "

Maria Guadalupe Pereda was 17 years old when she met the lawyer Carlos Balderas, 36 years old. He offered her a secretary job, which she accepted for what she left her job at a McDonald's Ciudad Juárez Chihuahua .

Finally, both fell in love, ] Maria Guadalupe went to live with Carlos and they had a daughter, so she left work to resume her studies, she wanted to get a degree in criminology.

However, the violence began to appear in his life as a couple until it became a constant.

During her pregnancy, Carlos doubted that in fact the child they were waiting for was his, then began to become jealous to such an extent that not only did he was checking the phone, but also that he was concealing the clothes that he did not want that she wears

ALSO READ: I was tortured for 4 days by l & rsquo; Army and police [19659003] That does not mean that Carlos consumed alcohol, marijuana and cocaine regularly, and also carried a weapon exclusively for the # 39; army. At the same time, he had a criminal record for fraud and threats.

As part of her mission, Maria Guadalupe was visiting a friend's house to do a team project, but Carlos refused to leave, so they began a discussion In the end, he agreed that it was on the condition that he take it.

The companions of María Guadalupe noticed the aggression of Carlos they even said that it seemed that he was drugged.

Back home, both continued to argue, he began to beat her. On the floor Maria Guadalupe asked to let her go, Carlos refused.

"He told me that he was going to cut my bad so no one would appreciate me, so I could not be with anyone." I was kneeling on the ground, I grabbed his pants and told him to let me please you "

He slapped Maria Guadalupe so loudly that it was so she left it on the floor, said that she would close the doors because he was going to kill her.

She saw her weapon on the ledge, so he went to grab it, but Carlos noticed it and took it first, they started to struggle.He heard a first shot, hit the wall, then a second accompanied by a complaint of Carlos the bullet had struck him in the abdomen.

Maria Guadalupe called for emergencies Carlos is died and she was arrested for homicide.

During the trial, the prosecution dismissed charges of violence and dependence on Carlos accusing Ma ría Guadalupe to have mistreated the lawyer psychologically and physically, describing her as possessive and jealous.

He spent two years and nine months in prison for being defended against his attacker, until he was acquitted unanimously by a court order.

Now, Maria Guadalupe Pereda seeks to end her career and continue her life

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His case seeks to be an antecedent in legitimate defense as well as the functioning of a penal system with a gender perspective.

"[El caso es] a great achievement for Mary and for the women of Juárez and Mexico," said Yadira Cortés, of the NGO Red Mesa de Mujeres, and sentence: "She She did not shoot, she repelled the badault. "

In the first half of the year, 402 women have been victims of femicide across the country, according to official data. Last year, femicides totaled 714 cases.

If the trend continues, this 2018 will exceed 2017 in the number of femicides.

With information from the BBC

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