Bolivian authorities reported this Tuesday a new case woman’s murder A 21-year-old girl who is 40 weeks pregnant, the main suspect is your partner Who is believed to have left the country. The prosecutor of the case, Carla Barrón, told media that the victim had been identified as Viviana OV and that statements were now “taken” from relatives of the alleged attacker, Javier C., and the victim’s family.
The young woman’s disappearance occurred on September 5 in the municipality of La Guardia in Santa Cruz, but this Monday the family filed a complaint, so the search began until the victim’s body was found. media. “Our police servers have started to legally remove the body of #femicide victim Ms. Viviana OV,” police tweeted photos of a vehicle and cell phones that were the subject of the investigation.
The prosecutor reassured that the possible assistance given by the mother, brother and wife of the prime suspect to escape was “confirmed” since police discovered that money transfers had been made to a border area. The official suggested that Javier C “is an initial hypothesis.”would leave the country“Although he already has an arrest warrant for another action, this aggravates his situation.
According to the prosecution’s data, until September 1, 62 fatal crimes were reported due to sexist violence. The majority occurred in the departments of La Paz (22), Santa Cruz (17) and Cochabamba (9). In Bolivia, Law No. 348, which protects women from all forms of violence and violence, has been in force since 2013. punishes murder of woman with 30 years in prisonThis is the maximum penalty determined by country regulations.
Last July, the government of President Luis Arce presented to Parliament a proposal to amend Law 348, which provides for such aspects as “special penal procedure” to punish acts of violence that remove “unnecessary stages or hearings to get to court”. Given the continuation of femicides and violence, which has placed Bolivia among the most violent countries in the region, the Bolivian Government has declared 2022 the Year of the Cultural Revolution of De-patriarchy.