Linda Loaiza was kidnapped in 2001 by Luis Antonio Carrera Almoina, known as the “monster of Los Palos Grandes.” During the months of confinement, she was beaten with sticks, burned with cigarettes, tortured, mutilated, and raped on multiple occasions. Back then, she was only 18 years old.
This Wednesday, November 16, marks the fourth anniversary of the judgment conviction of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) against the Venezuelan State for the various human rights violations of which the lawyer Linda Loaiza López was a victim after having been kidnapped for four months by Luis Antonio Carrera Almoina.
However, through your account at TwitterLinda Loaiza recalls that there has been no justice in her case. She explains that despite the sentence, the Venezuelan justice system has not made any “gesture to vindicate its disastrous action in my case,” she wrote.
In the same way, he reiterated that the lack of will “continues to show the undeniable face of systematic impunity in Venezuela” and recalled that an international ruling is useless if the State does not comply with that mandate.
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.Today marks four 4 years, read well, four 4 years of having been notified by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights @IDH Court of the conviction against the Venezuelan State for the various human rights violations in my case (López Soto Vs Venezuela) ?
— Linda Loaiza López – Lawyer ⚖?️? ?? (@lindaloaiza24) November 16, 2022
“Impunity continues, opening the door for the continuation of these crimes against women, girls, and adolescents,” says Linda Loaiza.
Linda Loaiza was kidnapped in 2001 by Luis Antonio Carrera Almoina, known as the “monster of Los Palos Grandes” because of the area where he lived. During the months of confinement, she was beaten with sticks, burned with cigarettes, tortured, mutilated, and raped on multiple occasions. Back then, she was only 18 years old.
Luis Antonio Carrera Almoina, his captor, was arrested after various investigations and was acquitted in 2004, after irregularities in his criminal proceedings. In 2006 there was a new sentence, in which he was sentenced to six years in prison for various crimes, except for sexual assault.
But in 2008 it was decided that Carrera Almoina had served his sentence and now his whereabouts are unknown.
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