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5 May, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Her brutal murder has changed the way Justice is pursued in Puerto Rico. There was no prosecutor present when Andrea Ruiz Costa went before a judge for a probable cause hearing asking the judge to jail her ex-boyfriend because she feared for her safety amid alleged threats by him
The judge denied her justice and found no probable cause. Her ex-boyfriend murdered her a month later, according to police. He has allegedly confessed to the crime.
What Andrea was denied every alleged victim will be granted from this point forward: a prosecutor by their side at every domestic violence probable cause hearing. Because the people of Puerto Rico rose up and demanded change, Andrea has changed the world for the better.
May her memory be a blessing.

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5 May
After the Puerto Rico justice system was exposed for failing Andrea Ruiz Costas, a judge has now ordered the probable cause hearing sealed so the public can’t see it. That’s the hearing where Andrea asked a judge to jail her ex boyfriend but the judge found no probable cause.
The head of the Supreme Court has acknowledged that enough was not done for Andrea. The attorney general on the island has acknowledged enough was not done for Andrea. The governor has acknowledged that the system failed Andrea. So why not release the hearing?
Puerro Rico’s attorney general supports the release of the 2 zoom hearings where Andrea requested a restraining order from a judge as well as the hearing where she asked a second judge to find probable cause to arrest her ex boyfriend.
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2 May
This is Andrea Ruiz Costa, 35, of Puerto Rico
•She asked a judge in late March for a restraining order against her exboyfriend
•The judge said I want to hear both sides 1st
•She then went to police who investigated & sent a case to a prosecutor who approved it to go to a judge
•Everyone went to court: Andrea, her ex, her ex’s attorney but the prosecutor NEVER SHOWED UP.
•the judge never saw the threatening messages Andrea had
•I’m told that customary in Puerto Rico for prosecutors to be no shows
•the judge found no probably cause to arrest the ex
• Andrea was left to defend herself in front of the judge without a prosecutor present
•Shortly after the judge found no probable cause to arrest the ex Andrea went back to the first judge and asked that her restraining order request be withdrawn
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2 May
Statement from the Puerto Rico Supreme Court Chief Justice Maite Oronoz Rodríguez

“I am devastated. I am absolutely devastated by the latest case of feminicide reported in Puerto Rico. But I know that this crushing feeling will not bring back Andrea to her family...”
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“... and women are inferior. These femicides are not isolated cases. They are the result of a society that normalizes violence against women through sexist attitudes and learned behaviors, fomented at home, at work and in the community...”
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