So far in 2024, according to official records and criminal news, 33 femicides have been reported in the country, which has triggered alarms due to the increase in gender violence that, in many cases, presents unimaginable brutality.
According to Erika Montoya, executive director of the Victoria Foundation, gender violence is out of control and has reached levels of cruelty and barbarity that require urgent action to prevent it and prevent it from continuing to claim lives.
“The levels of violence are at the highest level of cruelty and barbarism, I feel that much of what is happening is due to the lack of awareness in society and a profound cultural transformation that makes us understand that we have to defend, protect and care for all our girls and our women,” says Erika Montoya.
Furthermore, considers the director of the Victoria Foundation, there is a need not only for more legislation but also for the authorities to realize that feminicides cannot be loose, that they cannot be free and that this type of crimes require strict treatment. drastic measures and exemplary sentences.
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“Exemplary sentences are needed and they cannot be left free, that requires a very different treatment when it comes to receiving these cases, treating them, prosecuting them and punishing them. We have realized that, in many cases, due to expiration of terms, the confessed feminicides end up being released and repeat their actions once morest girls and women,” denounces the director of the Victoria Foundation.
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Given the increase in cases of gender violence, many of which have ended in feminicide, Erika Montoya points out that it is necessary to move forward with determination and effectiveness in the coordination and articulation of the 17 State institutions that are part of the Pink Alert, to that the information is not repeated, that each entity is clear regarding its functions and range of law enforcement, “and above all that we launch the Pink Alert, because the idea is that this will be ready to implement on March 13, and the clock is ringing.”
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2024-02-12 22:03:55
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