Marta Lucía Ramírez calls for “exemplary conviction” against murderers of pregnant woman in Soacha

On April 21, the Vice President and Chancellor, Marta Lucía Ramírez, and the Counselor for Women's Equity, Gheidy Gallo Santos, sent an official statement to the Attorney General's Office requesting that special teams be appointed, with a gender focus, to clarify the crime of pregnant women in Soacha, which occurred on March 9 april.

“Without prejudice to your acknowledged leadership and commitment in this area, we very respectfully request that within the framework of the competencies of the entity you lead, all your investigative capacity be deployed with a gender focus and, if possible, special teams for investigation, prosecution and then there is an exemplary conviction for the person or persons responsible for such heinous acts”, the letter reads.

Both the vice-presidency and the Ministry for Equity for Women announced actions with the authorities of Cundinamarca, the Mayor's Office of Soacha and the National Police, with which a Security Council has already been developed to support the judicial authorities in the investigation.

For his part, Ramírez expressed his repudiation of this act of cruelty against pregnant women.

In the same vein, Gheidy Gallo Santos also emphatically rejected the crime that shocked Colombians.

On the other hand, the officials highlighted the initiative of Governor Nicolás García, who offered a reward of up to $20 million for those who provide information that would allow us to find out the whereabouts of those responsible for the crime.

In the letter addressed to the Office of the Prosecutor, the senior officials assured that they hope that the entity will soon result in the investigation of what happened and stressed that crimes against women are “unacceptable”.

Finally, the Vice-Presidency and the Office of the Presidential Council for Women's Equity announced that they are constantly monitoring the situation of violence against women and work hard with the competent entities to prevent and address such cases, within the framework of the Articulating Mechanism.

In the municipality of Soacha, Cundinamarca, relatives reported the murder of a 37-year-old pregnant woman. They cut her throat and performed a rustic cesarean section to remove the baby that was a few days away from giving birth.

The incident occurred in a desolate area of La Chacua village, on the border with the town of Sibaté, where they found the body with part of the placenta and umbilical cord. The victim was recognized as Sandra Johanna Álvarez, born in Garagoa, Boyacá.

Around 2:45, the Metropolitan Police were patrolling in the San Nicolás neighborhood, when they were informed that the community had found the lifeless body of a woman in the mountainous area. The body was naked and with a vertical abdominal opening.

According to preliminary data, the mastermind of the murder had hired the services of a subject (she is not yet identified) to commit the macabre act, who, due to the loss of her baby two months ago, paid a sum of 15 million pesos. Sandra would be given a “caesary”, the baby was taken out to stay with him, and then the woman was murdered.

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