Woman Accused of Killing Her Rapist Released on Bail in Mexico City Agencia EFE
go to original March 7, 2014

The Santa Marta Acatitla women's prison in Mexico City. (EFE)

MEXICO CITY - A 20-year-old woman jailed for killing the man who allegedly raped her has been released after posting bail, Mexican media reported.

Yakiri Rubio was released on Wednesday night from the women's prison in Tepepan, a town located south of Mexico City.

Television networks showed footage of the young woman leaving the prison with her relatives, who came up with the money to post bail.

Rubio thanked her relatives and her attorney, Ana Katiria Suarez, for supporting her and believing in her innocence.

Suarez filed a motion to have the homicide reclassified as self-defense.

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