The State Attorney General’s Office of Baja California Sur previously said they are investigating Shanquella’s death as femicide, or when a woman is killed due to her gender. In Mexico, according to CNN, female homicides are initially listed as femicide, although not all female homicides are gender-motivated crimes.
A video of the night in question shows a woman, who was part of the group that traveled together to Mexico, beating Shanquella in a hotel room. Someone in the background is heard telling “Quella” to “at least fight back.”
The friends later left Mexico and returned to the U.S.
Now, attorneys Ben Crump and Sue-Ann Robinson have sent a letter to President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken, calling for the White House to take action in Robinson’s death.