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Living Legacy of Machismo: Rape Victim Charged for Self-Defense in Mexico
Alleged kidnapping and rape victim Yakiri Rubi Rubio is out on bail but could spend ten years in jail for “excess of legitimate defense” – turning her attacker’s knife back on him – in a case that reveals continuing problems of unequal justice in Mexico. “If they judge us for having survived, the justice system wants us dead.”