Tequila Long, Sister Of Shanquella Robinson, Details Hearing Conflicting Stories About Her Sibling's Death

Three of Robinson’s friends came to the family’s home in Charlotte, North Carolina, and spoke with the sisters’ mom, Salamondra Robinson.

“They came to meet my mother to talk about the incident that happened in Cabo,” Long said. “The two young ladies, and the male, told us that there wasn’t any type of fighting going on. That they believed what the medic told him, that it was alcohol poisoning. We asked him about the fight because we was hearing from other people that they was out there fighting her, they had jumped on her out there. So they all was giving us a story, a lie, until the video surfaced.”

As Blavity previously reported, a video that appeared to be recorded in a hotel room during the trip showed Robinson being punched and thrown to the floor by another woman. Another person can be heard in the background, saying, “Quella, can you at least fight back?”

The U.S. State Department later released a statement, saying there was no clear evidence of foul play. The Queen City News also obtained a death certificate that stated Robinson had sustained a “severe spinal cord injury.”

In a statement to Essence, Baja California Sur’s prosecutor’s office said an arrest warrant has been issued for “femicide,” which involves the killing of a woman due to her gender, according to CNN.

The state prosecutor’s office said the next steps are for national authorities, including Mexico’s attorney general and minister of foreign affairs, to carry out the extradition process. The process involves the U.S. delivering a suspect to Mexican authorities.