Ruth Ortiz suffered indirect violence at its most extreme In Spain, this sexist violence did not yet have a name. their children, Ruth and José, aged 6 and 2, were murdered by their husbands. Joseph Breton, 8 October 2011 in Córdoba. Ruth says she sometimes feels like this time hasn’t passed. Bretón is serving a second-degree prison sentence in the Herrera de la Mancha prison (Ciudad Real). crime held Suspended in the country for 21 months, because his father always claimed that he lost the little ones in Cruz Conde park. Everything became clear when it was determined that the bones found in a bonfire in the father’s family house corresponded to his children.
It has been 11 years since their children were killed. Has progress been made in efforts to prevent representative violence?
Little progress has been made. In addition, the only measure in this regard is education. this education equality no grassroots, childhood and sexist education. This is the only possible precaution I see. Some progress has been made, society now knows a little more about what indirect violence is because it was previously unknown. In the aid, one thing, some good intentions, but otherwise I don’t see any progress. This sexist education does not exist and situations like mine will be avoided.
Despite all that is known, violence against children continues to harm mothers. Can these attacks be prevented?
It is now known that the abuser is not a good father. He’s starting to deny visitation permission to abusive parents. But when my case came true, it was not considered at all. Except in extreme cases, parents had the right to visit and stay with their children. An abusive father is no longer allowed to be with his children. In some cases there will be supervised visits, but you cannot stay with children. This is what needs to be done, because an abusive father is neither a good father nor a good husband and will try to use his children in every way to harm the mother.
Did you receive public assistance for the murder of your children?
No, the only help I got was active participation income, which was given to me even before I could legally accept that I was a victim of indirect violence. When my case took place, no one knew what indirect violence was, and it wasn’t seen as a form of gender violence. They gave it to me for three years when I couldn’t work, I was not in shape. Other than that, no. The state is not responsible for the compensation not paid by the murderers.is not responsible for paying any rate. If the killers do not pay, the compensation that is thought to belong to you in the penalty remains written there and is useless.
How do you live on October 8?
I’m trying to carry as much as I can. Because 11 years have passed, but at the memory level, it can be as if 11 years never passed. Memories inevitably come back to you. I’m trying to manage as best I can.
What do you think of images from Elías Ahuja, Mayor of the Colegio in Madrid, of students showering sexist insults at other young women?
It seems terrible to me, and it seems to me that unless boys and girls are educated equally, both men and women have the same rights and the same duties, and a man is no more than a woman, and neither is a woman. more than a man, unless he is trained that way, things like what happened in the dorm and more will continue to happen.
Will José Bretón have to be out of prison definitively in 2036?
I did not calculate the year. It will only be 25 years. He’ll be out when he’s 25. I don’t know if they allow it before.
Are you afraid of going out?
I prefer not to go out. What I’ve always thought is, I’ll deal with this when it happens, why should I be depressed years ago.