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The Oaxaca State Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement that
lawyer and activist Sandra Estefana Domínguez Martínez and her
husband Alexander Hernández Hernández were found Thursday in the
municipality of Santiago Sochiapan in neighboring Veracruz
state.
The bodies were found in two graves and authorities waited until
testing confirmed their identities before announcing the
discovery.
The couple were last seen Oct. 4, in the town of María Lombardo
de Caso, in eastern Oaxaca on the border with Veracruz.
Domínguez Martínez, a prominent feminist activist and defender
of the Mixe Indigenous peoples, native to Oaxaca’s eastern
highlands, is herself of Mixe descent.
In 2020, Domínguez denounced several state government officials
for allegedly participating in misogynist group chats. Domínguez
said the virtual chats shared images of Indigenous women and
included degrading commentary. Since then, Domínguez had faced
ongoing threats.
The couple’s car had been found abandoned in Veracruz.
On Monday, the Oaxaca prosecutor’s office said a criminal group
operating in Veracruz was responsible and a woman was in
custody.
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