Rosario Porto Ortega
Rosario Porto Ortega ,(18 December 1969 Santiago de Compostela - 18 November 2020 Ávila ), was a Spanish lawyer, and honorary consul of France in Galicia . She was awarded the Ordre national du Mérite.
She was convicted in 2015 for the killing of her daughter.
Life
[change | change source]She graduated from the University of Santiago de Compostela and the University of Paris III. From 1997 and 2006, she was honorary consul of France in Santiago de Compostela , following her father [1] . A recognized personality of the French community of Galicia , she is decorated with the National Order of Merit .[2]
In February 1996, she married journalist Alfonso Basterra Camporro . In 2001, they adopted Fang Yong, originally from the city of Yongzhou, whom they named Asunta. They separated in 2013 [3] In 2015, Rosario Porto Ortega was convicted for the murder of the little girl , who disappeared in September 2013 .[4] The judge was José Antonio Vázquez Taín.[5] This trial made headlines in Europe. She continued to proclaim her innocence, as did her ex-husband Alfonso Basterra .After several suicide attempts, she ended her life in 2020 in Brevia prison, in the province of Ávila , where she was serving her sentence [6][7]
In 2024, she was portrayed by actress Candela Peña in the hit Netflix series The Asunta Affair.[8][9]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Rosario Porto, una abogada que heredó de su padre la responsabilidad consular de Francia". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 2013-09-24. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
- ↑ "Asunta, tuée par ses parents adoptifs pour de l'argent? - Espagne". parismatch.com (in French). 2013-10-23. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
- ↑ "« L'affaire Asunta » sur Netflix : l'histoire vraie derrière la série glaçante - Elle". elle.fr (in French). 2024-05-02. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
- ↑ Breton, Lola (2024-04-30). "L'affaire Asunta : le vrai Alfonso Basterra a envoyé une lettre au créateur de la série Netflix depuis la prison". www.programme-tv.net (in French). Retrieved 2024-05-28.
- ↑ 20minutos (2024-04-28). "ENTREVISTA | El juez Taín: "Alfonso Basterra y Rosario Porto tenían un plan preconcebido y cada uno un papel asignado para matar a Asunta"". www.20minutos.es - Últimas Noticias (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-05-28.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ Foces, Ujué (2020-11-19). "Rosario Porto se ahorca en la cárcel de Brieva a los dos meses de que le denegaran un permiso". Faro de Vigo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-05-28.
- ↑ Peleteiro, Marta Rodríguez; Roche, Calum (2024-05-06). "Asunta Case: who were the unexpected heirs of the millionaire mother Rosario Porto?". Diario AS. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
- ↑ "Série: Dans «L'Affaire Asunta», un malaise profond et une mère infanticide portée par une actrice de génie - Le Temps" (in French). 2024-05-13. ISSN 1423-3967. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
- ↑ Mercuri, Monica. "The Shocking True Story Behind Netflix's 'The Asunta Case'". Forbes. Retrieved 2024-05-28.