The Mexican government committed serious errors in the investigation of the death of the activist Digna Ochoa two decades ago and must continue with the probe, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) said on Wednesday.
Ochoa, who received death threats before her body was found with gunshot wounds in October 2001, was a lawyer who defended cases of human rights violations allegedly committed by civilian and military security forces.
Investigations into what became one of the country's most high profile cases initially pointed to a murder but prosecutors later directed the investigation to a possible suicide. The case was considered closed.
