Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
Nancy Martínez, sister of university student Keyla Patricia Martínez (26) who died in a police cell in The hope, demanded this Monday that the young woman’s death be cleared up.
‘My sister died at the hands of Police from La Esperanza, Intibucá, are some rapists of human rights. It is not true that she was drunk and was in scandals. ”
He added that the nursing student He had no reason to commit suicide and he never showed any instincts of suicide.
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“In contrast to, I had many plans and she was very happy because they accepted her to do her professional practice, she loved her career ”.
According to the young woman, there have been too many inconsistencies around her sister’s death since the report National Police, in that place, indicates that Martínez had vital signs when she was transferred to the Enrique Aguilar Cerrato Hospital.
‘But what the hospital registered was that Kayla was admitted dead, transferred to the morgue and they called the Prosecutor’s Office to prove the fact. “
In addition, witnesses who were in the cells said they heard strange noises in the area where she was and my sister later said she wanted to die, so we can only think they did something to her and that’s why we demand justice. “
About the case
The undergraduate student in Nursing at the National Autonomous University of Honduras (Unah) was stopped by Law enforcement Saturday night.
According to authorities, Martínez was arrested at 11:40 PM for the crime of scandal on public roads under the influence and for non-compliance with curfews power according to PCM 012-2021, after a complaint to the 911 Emergency system.
At 3:30 am Sunday, after a routine inspection of the cells by one of the police officers, he found the young woman, dying, suffocated presumably with one of his garments. “She was tied with her blouse, tied to the cell door up to her neck,” said Melvin Alvarenga, deputy police commissioner and chief of division police unit No. 10.
They then transferred her to the health center, the statement says Security Secretary.