No fue mi culpa: México (2021–…): Season 1, Episode 8 - Andrea - full transcript

Who gave you the information?

PREVIOUSLY

You know we never
reveal our sources.

- [woman screams]
- [man] I said, on the floor!

[Santos] Do you remember
anything else about her?

[Sergio] She was untouchable.

And, of course, she
was his baby mama.

[Mariana] My sister
had a daughter?

Tell me where she is. I
need to know where she is.

We don't know.

This story is inspired
by real events.



The characters and events
shown are a work of fiction.

Any similarity to real life
is purely coincidental.

[woman] If one day some
man ends your life ♪

♪ No one will silence me
Nothing will stop me ♪

If they hurt one woman ♪

We all fight back ♪

I'm Claudia, I'm Esther ♪

And I'm Teresa ♪

I'm Ingrid, I'm Fabiola ♪

And I'm Valeria ♪

I'm the little girl
you took by force ♪

♪ I'm the mother That mourns
her lost daughters... ♪

- [woman] Justice.
- [woman 2] ♪ Justice.

[women] Justice.



IT WASN'T MY FAULT

[chattering]

[woman screams]

[people clamoring]

[man] What happened? Who
jumped? Hey, who jumped?

- [woman] I think it's a girl.
- [man 2] Who is it?

- [man 3] Wait, wait. Who is it?
- [woman 2] An ambulance!

- [man 4] Yeah. I heard someone fall.
- [man 5] Bro, who is it?

[woman 3] You'd
better stay here.

[man 6] What?

[woman] The community at Colinas del Sur,
a private university, is in mourning.

A terrible accident surprised
students this morning:

The presumed suicide of their
classmate, Andrea Gálvez,

a dentistry student who
lost her life after falling

from one of the buildings
at the institution.

COMMUNITY ACTIVITY,
DIGITAL NEWS SITE

Although the authorities have not released
more information about the cause of death,

it is important
for us to question

the pressure and social and academic
requirements our youth experience now,

combined with nonexistent
mental health care.

Faced with this terrible
situation, what should we do?

Let's talk about it.
I'm Julia Ramírez.

I'm waiting for your
questions and comments.

Yes, Julia.

But you need to be more
incisive. Go deeper.

Don't generalize, because that's what
every other news outlet is going to do.

I thought that I had covered
all the major points.

Yes, it's an important topic, but until
it's been confirmed that it was a suicide,

well, we can't just rely on a
single line of investigation.

Dig deeper. Look in the details,
at the personal history.

Ask yourself, "Has homicide
been ruled out completely?

What about femicide?"

[scoffs] Do you really
think I need to go that far?

Well, you're telling me
that you want to report,

to stir up debate on
social media. Great.

But tell me more.
Who was Andrea?

Why would she commit suicide,
if that's what happened?

What does her family say?
What do her friends say?

What was this girl going through
for her life to end that way?

No, you're right. You're
exactly right, Ramona.

Behind this tragedy,
there's a story.

And I believe that you have the
sensitivity to tell it. Look for it.

Just remember that journalism
puts bread on the table.

- But not steak.
- Mm-hmm. There you have it.

Mmm.

What do you think of
the shredded beef?

- Good. [Chuckles]
- Delicious.

It was the only thing
I found this trip.

I'm sorry.

False alarm again.

That's five trips this year.

And not a single
clue about my girls.

[voice quavering] I don't
know if I should give up.

I'm going to tell you something
a good friend told me:

"No one, not even those who
stop looking, gives up."

[chuckles]

You know what, Mariana?

Every day I understand the ones
who stop looking a little more.

The body doesn't forgive.

The strength is there,

but I think it's of no use.

Why don't you take
a breather, Pedro?

Nobody is going to
blame you for that.

You can take some time and then
come back with more energy.

My girls...

How could I fail them like this?

You're not the one
who failed them.

The world we live
in failed them.

[sniffles] I'm tired, and
I'm ashamed to admit it.

You were lucky.

Even though it sounds terrible,

at least you know where Lili is.

Who would've guessed that limbo
is worse than fucking hell?

Lili had a daughter.

I have a niece.

[sighs]

I only know that she exists,

but I need to find her.

[shuddering breath]

I need to speak
with your informant.

I spoke with her just
before Sergio's arrest.

And they located her or something, we
don't know, but they threatened her.

She stopped answering me, and I
haven't been able to reach her.

Who threatened her?

One of the big-time drug
dealers. I don't know. Sergio?

She wouldn't tell me.

Well, all the more reason.

Now it's not just for
my niece. It's for her.

Message Andrea.

LOVE YOU, LITTLE SISTER

YOU'RE THE BEST

MY DEGREE, MY VOCATION.

SISTER... MY BEST FRIEND. NOTHING
WILL BE THE SAME WITHOUT YOU.

YOU WERE ALWAYS SO BRAVE.

YOUR DEATH DESERVES
ANOTHER EXPLANATION.

I'M SOOOOOO SORRY

YOU'LL LIVE ON
FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS

YOU WERE AN INCREDIBLE PERSON!

I'll NEVER FORGET YOU, ANDY...

MY CONDOLENCES TO YOUR FAMILY.

A BIG DAY

YOU'RE THE BEST

I'll LOVE YOU TO THE END.

MY HEART WON'T STOP
CRYING FOR YOU...

WHY DID YOU GO, FRIEND?

ANDREA - HAPPY
BIRTHDAY!! MESSAGE ANDREA

MEXICAN INSTITUTE
OF FORENSIC SCIENCES

- Excuse me. Where can I find Dr. Benítez?
- He's in his office.

Good afternoon, Mario.

I'm so sorry about what
happened to your sister.

I'm Julia Ramírez,

a reporter from the digital
news site Community Activity.

What do you need?

Well, I'm gathering information to analyze
the loss of people who were so young.

- Andrea's case could help us...
- I don't think I can help you right now.

I'm sorry. I don't want
to seem insensitive.

But I would like to ask
if you would consider it.

It is very important to
bring this issue to light.

- Andrea's possible suicide could...
- My sister did not commit suicide!

That's impossible.
It's a mistake.

My family and I are going
to ask for an investigation.

She didn't jump.

So then do you think someone
wanted to hurt your sister?

I still don't know
who, but I'm sure.

Excuse me.

Dr. Benítez, I'm Julia
Ramírez, reporter.

I've been trying to reach
you to ask for information

about the report from
the Andrea Gálvez case.

I'm in a hurry. Sorry.

It's to gather information

and to try to better understand
the issue of youth suicide.

The official information
says that this was a suicide.

But Andrea's family hasn't
ruled out a possible murder.

They say that she
wasn't suicidal.

Look, to be honest, this
is a very special case.

Hormone therapy affects a
patient's mental health.

Hormones.

In addition to the
social pressure,

the hormonal and emotional imbalance
that a person transitioning faces

must be monitored very closely.

- Gender transition.
- Of course.

[snickers] Of course.
Thank you, Doctor.

[Julia] Let's talk about this.

The case of Andrea Gálvez
has a murky ending.

The authorities closed the investigation
when they concluded that it was a suicide.

People close to Andrea don't
think that was possible,

because they claim she was a
happy and fulfilled young woman

who never showed any signs of
depression or had thoughts of suicide.

But are they right?

[upbeat dance music playing]

Caro!

Oh, no. Come on. Quick, quick.
Go. Go with her. Go with her. Go.

Caro, please.

No, Pedro, not now. Things are very
tense. Don't make it harder for me.

I've been looking
for Amelia for weeks.

Who knows where she's holed up.
But she doesn't work here anymore.

She didn't tell you
where she was going?

No. Honestly, I don't know.

After the raid, everything got very
nasty around here. They fired her.

And with the Sergio thing, well,
she got scared, and she left.

- To protect herself, she told me.
- I'm very worried.

Have you been able
to talk to her?

Well, she's only called me once. But
she didn't tell me where she was.

Please. We're worried about her.

Look, if... if you
have any information,

can you ask her to get in
touch with me or Pedro?

I...

can pay for the information.

Amelia may have information
that is very important to us.

Please.

Regarding a little
girl who's missing.

She could help us.

- Bye.
- Thanks.

- Go now.
- Yes.

Let's see. [Sighs]

- Thanks.
- I would love to help you. [Chuckles]

You always do.

I know. [Laughs]

- I love you.
- I love you too, very much.

[cell phone chimes]

[Julia] The authorities support
their claim of the possible suicide

by contending that people
with gender dysphoria suffer

from different emotional disorders,
such as anxiety and depression.

I'M VERY SAD. THANK YOU
FOR YOUR SUPPORT, MY FRIEND

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR

Additionally, the difficulty
of hormone therapy.

This definitely makes us
reconsider the situation.

What obstacles do transsexual
people face in this country?

Is treatment accessible?

[elevator bell dings]

- Julia Ramírez?
- Over there.

- You are irresponsible.
- Excuse me?

Look, I'm sorry about what
you're going through, Mario.

But if I took up the case, it was to
understand what happened to Andrea...

Why did you feel the need to talk
about my sister's transsexuality?

No, look, it was
necessary to understand

- what was going on around her.
- Understand what?

My sister was not sick!

- No, I didn't say that.
- Well, that's what people hear.

That she was a deviant, a freak.

This world is full
of transphobic people

who, even in her death, continue
to attack and humiliate her.

Can't you see what they're
posting on social media about her?

Have you forgotten what it's like
to be a woman in this country?

On top of that, try
being a trans woman.

You're amazingly incompetent.
I am asking you to stop.

My sister's case is going to be swept
under the rug because of your ignorance.

Now they're saying that
she wanted to kill herself.

And with that, the university
won't turn over the video cameras.

You gave them the perfect excuse to
keep hiding what really happened.

WE LAMENT THIS TERRIBLE
EVENT AND EXPRESS OUR SUPPORT

FOR THE FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND
MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

IN MOURNING AFTER THE
DEATH OF ANDREA GÁLVEZ M.

I ALMOST TOSSED HER
MYSELF. LUCKILY SHE JUMPED

SHE WAS A FREAK, YOU
CAN'T GO AGAINST NATURE.

ONE LESS MONSTER. HE WENT
CRAZY AND KILLED HIMSELF.

NOT ACCEPTING HIS BODY
DROVE HIM OVER THE EDGE.

THIS MADWOMAN WAS DESTINED
TO DIE, DON'T CRY OVER HER

OUR WORLD HAS BECOME
FULL OF PERVERSION,

NO GOOD CAN COME OF IT.

WHAT A DISGUSTING TRANNY.

HOW COULD SUCH A
PRESTIGIOUS UNIVERSITY

ADMIT SOMEONE LIKE THAT?

HOW COULD THEY ALLOW HIM TO
USE THE WOMEN'S CHANGING ROOMS?

HOW IRRESPONSIBLE
TO PUT US IN DANGER!

- WHO FUCKED HER? SPILL IT!
- NO WAY!

WOMEN ARE BORN, NOT
MADE, POOR TRANSVESTITE

[gags]

Julia.

- [knocking]
- Julia, are you okay?

- [Julia] Just a minute!
- Do you need anything?

[toilet flushing]

What happened?

[sighs] I fucked up.

I thought that by exposing
Andrea's transsexuality,

I was going to start a
discussion in favor of the cause.

And the only thing I did was to
generate hate and hate and more hate.

Yes, it's a difficult topic. But that's
exactly why we need to be responsible.

No, her brother is
right. What did I expect?

What did I expect if in this country,
they barely investigate femicides?

Why the fuck would they care
about the death of a trans woman?

Did her brother think that had
something to do with her death?

I don't know, but he thinks that
because of me and all of the reactions,

the authorities aren't
going to keep investigating.

And what do you think?

I don't know. Honestly, Ramona,

I never thought that this
case would be a cover-up.

I thought that when I found out
about Andrea's transsexuality,

her family simply didn't
want to accept it.

But a little while ago, her brother
said something that left me thinking

and keeps spinning around
and around in my head.

It would seem that there's a
recording of the moment Andrea fell.

And the university doesn't want to
turn over the security camera footage.

Well, then, if the authorities
aren't asking for it,

the university doesn't have
reason to turn over the footage.

And now with all this, it just reinforces
the theory that Andrea committed suicide.

What a mess! Damn it!

Some people are born with a
vagina or a penis, like me.

Others are born
with both genitals.

They are intersex persons.

That does not define your sexual
or affectional orientation.

It only goes to show that
we are very different.

There are gays, lesbians,
bisexuals, transsexuals.

We have many
identities and bodies.

If Andrea Gálvez identified
as a woman, she is a woman.

I think it is very serious that
they say that she killed herself

as a result of the hormone
therapy for her transition.

LISA SOTO RÍOS - NEOLATINA.TV

This is a prejudice that
is very, very misogynous.

[cell phone chimes]

Hello.

Hi. I'm Pedro's friend.

Amelia. Caro told me that you
were looking for me at work.

We were worried.

Please, stop looking for me.

I'm desperate.

It's about my sister.

Yeah, I'm sorry. But they
got the guy who did it.

He's not saying
anything, Amelia.

He only lies.

There's more.

I have a niece.

Hon.

Aren't you afraid
that they'll kill you

for sticking your nose
where it doesn't belong?

This is for my sister and my niece, so
it doesn't matter what I have to do.

Okay. We can meet,

but it has to be first thing tomorrow
morning, before I change my mind.

Where?

- Hi. Good morning.
- Yes, good morning.

I'm Julia Ramírez. I'm
from a digital news site,

and I'd like to speak with the
president, - Mr. Ruíz... Montes.

You need to make an appointment so
I can put you into his schedule.

- Yes.
- The rector is usually very busy.

Of course, of course.
I understand perfectly.

But this is a very important subject.
It's about the Andrea Gálvez case.

You understand that the prestige
of a university like this, well,

requires we know the institution's
position on the subject,

especially with all the
issues that have emerged.

Yes, poor girl.

And the worst thing is that students from
the university have reacted very violently

toward her and her family.

That's why I want to
speak to the president.

- Let me check.
- Thank you.

Sir,

there's a girl here from
a digital news site.

- Yes, she is...
- Julia Ramírez.

Julia Ramírez.

Yes. She says she's here about the
Andrea Gálvez case, the student.

Yes, sir.

The president says he will meet with
you as soon as he finishes his meeting.

Wonderful.

Unfortunately, the meeting
could go on for a few hours.

That's fine. I can wait
for him. No problem.

- Go ahead and take a seat.
- Thanks.

My daughter loved hats.

Berta?

Your daughters are beautiful.
I saw them in a photo.

They were.

A father knows.

What do you think
happened to them?

I haven't wanted
to think about it.

Why should I imagine things?

It's the next exit.

[phone rings]

[receptionist] Yes, sir?

Of course. Right away.

[footsteps depart]

[dog whines]

Something must have
happened, right?

For certain.

[dog barking]

He's going to be a while.

But is he going to see me?

I don't know.

She's not coming, right?

I don't know.

Can we wait a little longer?

- However long you want.
- [dog barks]

The president made
me wait four hours.

I think he wanted me to give up.

But since he saw that I wasn't
going to give up so easily,

he came out and told me that some
sort of emergency came up and left.

Can you believe it?

With all due respect to the
president, what an idiot, eh?

If he were aware of the situation,
he would have seen you right away.

No, and there's more.

When I went to look
for the security guard

who was on duty the day
of Andrea's incident,

they told me that he was
on leave due to an injury.

They gave him a new job. Now he's
in charge of the guard booth.

You're on his trail, Julia.

That testimony is essential.

No, and there's more. Listen.

[woman] We clicked right away.

Andrea was very special.

And tell me, did Andrea have any
problems dealing with her transsexuality?

[chuckles]

Not at all. She was completely
comfortable talking about it

with her friends,
with her partners.

She wanted us to see her as
she felt and was: As a woman.

I think that I'm
living my best life.

I feel happy. I am
who I want to be.

And I would like to
start a new stage.

I want to help all of the people
who haven't won this freedom.

Her brother insists that she
couldn't have committed suicide,

that she was happy.

Andrea wasn't okay.

The last few weeks she
seemed upset, anxious,

because she was seeing someone.

A boyfriend?

He was more like a lover.

They shouldn't have been a couple.
It seemed like a toxic relationship.

- I'm going to leave him.
- Really?

Yes. I deserve someone better.

And now are you going
to tell me who he is?

If Andrea was in a
relationship with that man,

it casts even more
doubt on the suicide.

This man could have
done something to her.

She couldn't tell
me anything else.

But she is willing to tell
me everything she knows

in order to find out
what happened to Andrea.

What she did tell me is that
it's someone at the university,

although she doesn't
exactly know who.

Someone very powerful.

I don't think they're
tiptoeing around the issue

just to protect the
university's image, do you?

And what if Andrea's brother
is right? That it was a murder?

Oh, my.

We can't write off
even one femicide.

Thanks.

Or a trans-femicide.

Hate-based murder?

Well, if there was a violent
relationship before the death,

there's a lot to investigate.

What happened to the evidence
from the university's cameras?

They aren't going to hand them
over just because I'm asking.

Andrea's family
deserves the truth.

But we can't force
the authorities.

The two of us can't,
but maybe a crowd can.

[Julia] Listeners, we have
new and important information.

People close to Andrea claim that
she was in a violent relationship

with a man whose identity
is still unknown.

With this, the authorities
overlooked the possibility

of the crime of
trans-femicide against Andrea.

We stand with the family in demanding
that they reopen the investigation

and that Andrea's death does not
become another case of revictimization.

Essential proof exists to corroborate
what really happened on that balcony:

The university's
security footage.

Awesome.

If you're not covering for
someone, show the videos!

We demand justice!

Justice!

Andrea, our friend,
we demand justice!

WE WILL NOT FORGIVE OR FORGET

ANDREA DIDN'T KILL HERSELF!
THE CULPRIT MUST PAY

we demand justice!

Andrea, our friend,
we demand justice!

Her name is Amelia
Salas. She's missing.

Pedro spoke with her before
they arrested Sergio.

It seems that she
had been threatened.

Certainly, someone found out that she
was the one who gave the information.

She may be involved with them.

How did you contact her?

Pedro helped me to find her.

But then she called me.

It seems like she's in hiding.

But she told me that she has information
about my sister and my niece, Santos.

Send her photo to
my email, please.

I never had a problem with it. I
always felt that I had a sister.

But when Andrea started her
treatment, the nightmare started.

We never imagined the misunderstanding
would come from all fronts.

And even worse, with violence.

Andrea didn't go out
alone. And she hated that.

Teenager.

When we started to
let her go alone,

she wouldn't tell us
what she was exposed to,

what people said to her.

But one day, it
went beyond words.

They broke her jaw.
They destroyed her face.

Three broken ribs, one of
which punctured a lung.

She was in intensive
care for a month.

It killed us to
see her like that.

And when she recovered, she asked
if we could move to the city.

I had a plan here,
so we lived together.

This was where Andrea did
her gender reassignment.

We didn't talk about it much.
We... We didn't have to.

Here, she was just Andrea
to everybody, and that's it.

And that's what she wanted.

I honestly had no idea.

I'm so sorry.

Mario, do you know
who Andrea was dating?

A man? A friend?

I guess we didn't tell
each other everything.

Well, we'll never really know why
she wouldn't share her situation.

But we need to work
together, Mario.

I want to ask you to help
me to search her things:

Her cell phone, her notebooks,
her backpack, whatever.

Even the smallest detail could help
us to understand what happened.

Hi. Good morning.

Adrián Montero?

Who's asking?

Julia Ramírez, reporter.
Nice to meet you.

And how can I help you?

You were the security
guard on duty

when Andrea Gálvez fell
from the balcony, right?

Uh-huh.

I'm just looking for a reliable
source to corroborate the facts.

I already said what I had
to say to the authorities.

The girl went up alone,
and then came the fall.

May God have mercy on her soul.

Okay.

Look,

there's a big problem,
and it's about to explode.

The university doesn't want to release
the security footage. Do you know why?

You'd have to ask them.

Sorry. I don't know what else you need.
I'm in the middle of something here, so...

You got over your
injury very quickly, no?

The office of the president told
me that you were on sick leave,

and that's why they
gave you a new position.

You do know that you're
going to be in trouble

if you become an accomplice to
whatever the university is covering up?

I didn't do anything. I
don't have anything to say.

Okay. Don't worry.

The truth will come to
light sooner or later,

and I'm going to make
sure it does, Adrián.

Honestly, I didn't see anything.

I wasn't at my post. That's the truth.
I promise you that I didn't do anything.

I was in the bathroom.

When everything happened, the president
yelled at me for not being at my post.

He was gonna fire me
because I was irresponsible.

But then he asked me to tell the
police that I had seen everything,

that I saw the young
lady go up alone.

And if I did, they would
give me another position.

And that didn't
seem strange to you?

Well, the president told me
that with the girl's suicide,

the university was going to look bad,
and even worse if people found out

that there were problems
with the security system.

The university didn't
need another scandal.

You understand, right?

Look, without the video, we're never
going to know who they're protecting.

A professor?

And if so, why would the president
risk everything to defend him?

Are you sure it
wasn't the president?

No, no, no. He wasn't
there when Andrea fell.

I would try again
with Constanza.

[elevator bell dings]

Hi.

- Hi.
- Hi.

Thank you, Félix.

I brought a few things that I thought
could give us some information

about the man we're looking for.

Perfect.

We're also pressuring them

to analyze and trace information
from Andrea's cell phone.

But I guess what stood out to me the most
is that she had set aside these magazines.

I went through them
very carefully,

and I found that both of them have
information about this doctor.

At the forefront of
Dental implant Techniques.

- Fernando Ramos
Ruíz- - Montes.

- That surname sounds very familiar.
- Ramos Ruíz... Montes.

I'll bet anything that's
the president's last name.

[typing]

[laughs] That's him.

This time, I'm not alone.

I'm here with the Association
of Professors and Students.

The president isn't here.

Well, tell him that I
would have loved to see him

before publishing some very
interesting news tonight

that involves his nephew,

Professor Fernando Ramos Ruíz... Montes,
who was Andrea Gálvez's professor.

And finally, let's
put this one here.

And you had a cut,

but now you have company.

- Hmm?
- [chuckles]

- Is that everything, Doctor?
- Of course.

- Thank you. Let's see.
- Be very careful, please.

[girl] Thank you.

- Come on. Slowly.
- No need to run so fast!

Yes, you can get
down. Excuse me.

What's that face for?

Santos called me.

Amelia's phone numbers
are out of service.

I'm sorry, Mariana. I know
how important this is for you.

So now we're looking
for one more.

Julia. Julia?

The university turned
over the footage.

- [exclaims]
- [chuckles]

- No! [Laughing]
- Yes.

[man, woman arguing]

- Don't touch me!
- Hey, little girl,

who told you to leave me?

- Who told you to leave me?
- Nobody tells me what I have to do...

- Yes. The princess is now a victim, right?
- Or feel.

[indistinct arguing]

- It's over.
- No.

- Yes.
- No, it's not over.

- Don't touch...
- This was your fault!

You're mine. I'm here for you.

- I risked my job... No! Hell, no!
- It's over!

- It's not over! Come here. Come here!
- Get off!

I want to say that I
will not be silent,

and I will not let anyone be
silenced because of who they are.

I believe

that the world is infinite.

Gender doesn't matter.

You're really going to make this public?
Not everyone at the university knows.

Yes, I'd like to.

But if my parents see it...

They think that
people will hurt me.

So what should we do?
Should we delete it?

No.

Save it for the day I die.