Mexico City police investigated and the Inter-American Human Rights Court recommended protection for her.

While in exile, she was presented with Amnesty International's "Enduring Spirit" Award in Los Angeles by actor Martin Sheen.

She began work in law offices at 31-A Zacatecas Street in Mexico City on October 16, 2001.

Her career involved representation of various dissidents and in some cases raised allegations of human rights abuses including torture by government authorities, particularly the army.

A note was found by her body, warning the members of the human rights law centre where she had recently worked that the same thing could happen to them.

According to the coroner's report, the bullet passed through the skull from left to right on a slight angle from up to down and from back to front.

In 2003, Digna Ochoa received post mortem The Ludovic-Trarieux International Human Rights Prize awarded by European Bars.