"Three individuals allegedly involved in the murder of journalist María Elena Ferral Hernández in Papantla, Mexico, have been sentenced to 30 years in prison. The sentence was handed down by a judge from the Poza Rica Judicial District following a more than two-hour-long hearing on the night of Wednesday, May 17, 2023. The crime was determined to be a result of her work as a female journalist.
Fernanda de Luna Ferral, the daughter of the journalist, conveyed to the media that although the sentencing brings a certain level of justice for her mother, the investigation remains ongoing, as there are still pending inquiries into the potential involvement of nine additional individuals in the murder.
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María Elena Ferral Hernández, a correspondent for Diario de Xalapa and director of the Quinto Poder outlet, was fatally shot on March 30, 2020, on a busy street in Papantla, a municipality in the northern part of the state of Veracruz."
