Managua Nicaragua.
He murder of a young woman caused outrage this Sunday in Nicaragua, after the National Police confirm the suspect had a history of rape, after which it was revealed that he was released in 2020 thanks to a resolution by President Daniel Ortega.
Katring López was murdered and then thrown into a sinkhole at dawn on the 10th in the city of Jalapa. border with Hondurashours after she celebrated her 21st birthday, and after a conversation in a neighboring house with some new acquaintances, including Bryam Jordán Flores Cháveztheir relatives confirmed.
In a press release, the Nicaraguan police reported that “search officials have located and captured the subject by initials BJFCh, 21, as the prime suspect, who has a history of rape.
Straight away, Jalapa settlers who criticized the police for disclosing the victim’s identity, but not the suspect’s, shared the name along with a photo of the man, observing him invoking the presidential resolution that granted him freedom in February 2020.
“Damn and cowardly murder of the young woman Katring Ninell López. The murderer was pardoned by the dictatorship. Not one less! ”, Opposition leader Juan Sebastián Chamorro posted on the social network Twitter.
Data from Flores judicial file indicate that he would have enjoyed freedom even if he had not benefited from Ortega, since his sentence of two and a half years in prison was served in February 2020.
“Dog that eats eggs, even if they burn his snout, he leaves the tricks,” said the victim’s mother Zenayda Martinez, to Radio Corporación.
Sexist Violence
At least 71 women were victims of sexist violence by 2020, according to non-governmental Catholics for the right to decide. Various sources have reported at least three femicides so far in 2021, including López’s.
He Government of Nicaragua, which has reopened women’s police stations amid allegations of increasing insecurity among women, does not usually publish reports on the number of women killed by men.
At least 7,924 prisoners with final convictions by 2020 were benefited from Ortega, with orders similar to those from Flores, according to official data.
Feminist organizations have urged Ortega to refrain from releasing the “ordinary criminalsSince some of them have gone out to attack or claim the life of the women who denounced them.