The terror generated in the country by the femicide of DJ Valentina Trespalacios, whose body was found on Sunday, January 22 in a garbage container in Fontibón (Bogotá), has not yet subsided; when another case of femicide shakes Colombia. Read: Valentina Trespalacios: chronicle of a romance that ended in crime
The new victim was Laura Camila Dueñas, a 22-year-old university student who worked in a shoe store in Yopal, Casanare.
According to information provided by her relatives, the young woman was shot by a man who had been harassing her for several days and was a frequent customer of the store where she works.
“I had absolutely nothing with her, I was a psycho obsessed with her, looking for her. Seeing Camila’s rejection, he took her, killed her, took her from us in a way that she did not deserve, she did not deserve this, ”said Daniela Ospina, a relative of the victim.
That man was so harassing that he even told her that if they didn’t see each other, he would look for her at home, he would look for her at work, so she had no other option but to agree to that deal.”
Alexa Silena Cuebas, relative of the victim.
After the crime, the Yopal Police located the man indicated for the murder, who took his own life. Read: Attention: John Poulos did not accept the charges for the femicide of DJ
“In a timely reaction, they activate the padlock plan and arrive at the house where the alleged perpetrator of the homicide was hiding. Those who come to deal with the case try to talk with him trying to get him to turn himself in to the authorities. Unfortunately, it was not like that and the attacker made the decision to end his life, ”said Colonel Efraín García Hernández, Casanare Police Commander.
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The Casanare Women’s Secretariat “profoundly rejected any act of violence against women” and urged them to report these cases to line #155.
Women’s rights advocates called for more action to save the lives of women in the department.
“If they are jealous of us, they are harassing us, they want to control us, it is time to seek help so that they give us the tools we need, psychological support. But, most importantly, denounce them,” said Sandra Yamile Durán, from the Mujer es Familia Foundation.