Brazil and Mexico courts impose decades‑long sentences for femicide and homicide

In Brazil, a Tribunal do Júri in Pontes de Lacerda sentenced Juvercino Leandro de Oliveira to 22 years and 11 months for attempted femicide, the first case tried under the new anti‑femicide law. In Rondonópolis, Valdinei Pedroso de Almecê received 60 years and 8 months for qualified femicide, rape and concealment of a corpse, after the crime was recorded and the body hidden under a water‑tank.

Mexico saw several lengthy rulings: a Puebla court gave Jorge N a 50‑year term for femicide in Texmelucan; a Papantla judge sentenced Claudio “N” to 38 years for femicide; a Toluca court imposed 47 years and six months for homicide; and a control judge in Irapuato found Edgar “N” responsible for the femicide of Luisa Fernanda Rivera Aguilar, with sentencing to be determined.

These judgments reflect the application of strict penalties for gender‑based and other violent crimes across the two countries, including mandatory moral‑damage compensation in Brazil and additional civil‑rights suspensions in Mexico.