Today, as the world commemorates International Women’s Day, it could be a day to celebrate for Nicaraguans, but among other hardships they suffer, 16 have had their lives taken away.
The organization Catholics for the Right to Decide (CDD) denounced that eight women have been murdered in Nicaragua and another 8 abroad. They all died violently. The wave of sexist violence has also left 15 orphaned minors.
The report from the organization’s Observatory reflected that Costa Rica is the main country where the majority of femicides of Nicaraguans have been registered from January 1 to March 8, 2023, registering four deaths. The United States is the second country with the most femicides of Nicaraguans. At least three have been murdered so far this year, followed by Guatemala, where another Nicaraguan woman lost her life at the hands of her spouse.
pending justice
The report detailed that seven women victims of sexist violence range from 18 to 34 years old; nine between the ages of 35 and 59, the report detailed. At least four of the crimes occurred in the public sphere, while the other 12, in the private sphere, that is, inside the houses.
In all cases of femicide registered in Nicaragua, little access to justice is reported. According to the Observatory, of the cases, one is under investigation; three in judicial process; four in legal proceedings abroad; two with impunity in Nicaragua and four with impunity abroad.
As a way to evade justice, the report indicates that two of the femicides in Nicaragua committed suicide after committing the crime.
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The document indicates that the relationship between the victim and the aggressor in all cases were: four “martyred” by their partners; three of them by her husband, two women were murdered by “acquaintances”, one was murdered by an unknown subject, one was murdered by her son, and a young woman was murdered by her stepfather.
crime scenes
Catholics for the Right to Decide denounced that the departments where crimes have occurred are: one Boaco; two in Chinandega; one in Chontales; one on the North Caribbean Coast; one on the South Caribbean Coast; one in Jinotega; one in Managua and one in Rivas.
So far, the Nicaraguan government has not provided details on the judicial processes or the clarification of the cases of the women murdered abroad.
By United Voices
