Caracas, Venezuela
The authorities of Venezuela They arrested the person responsible for two femicides that shocked the west of the country earlier this week, Attorney General Tarek Saab said.
Nelson Antonio Torrealba Saavedra detained in a river in Turén and on the orders of the Public Prosecutor (civilian) Nelson Antonio Torrealba Saavedra, charged by his wife as responsible for the horrific outrage murder series for young girls Elyannis Martínez and Eduarlys FalcónSaab said in a message on Twitter.
The lifeless bodies of Martínez and Falcón, 17 and 20 years old, respectively, were found last Tuesday in an uninhabited area of the municipality of Turén, which is part of the western state of Portuguesa.
Then Saab noted on Twitter that “both were found with signs of physical torture.”
According to information from local media, Eduarlys Falcon She had been missing since Monday morning when she left home to go to the gym.
The same sources indicated that his body, located near a bridge known as Las Marías, showed signs of sexual abuse.
Elyannis Martínez meanwhile disappeared last Sunday after visiting an evangelical church in Turén.
Reports indicate that his body was found in an open field in an area known as La Misión, near his home, showing signs of sexual abuse and torture.
Venezuela’s Attorney General said today that the Assassin He confessed to having caused the “brutal deaths” of both young women by “strangulation by lasso,” for which his office will accuse him of the crime of “femicide aggravated by sexual assault ”.
Tarek Saab estimated that Torrealba will receive the maximum sentence of 30 years in prison on these charges.
According to the Utopix organization, which is collecting this data in light of the government’s informational silence in this regard, at least 256 women died in Venezuela in 2020 in events attributable to gender violence. EFE