The femicide Marlon Noel Ríos Rizo, 36, was sentenced to life in prison for the crime of femicide against his partner Kenia Yosmari Vivas, 19.
According to the Prosecutor’s Office, the defendant injured his victim causing 104 perforations in his body to the point of severing his left arm. The crime occurred on July 14 in the community of Hi Land Merry, in the municipality of Bonanza, North Caribbean of Nicaragua.
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This would be the second criminal act committed by Marlon Ríos, who in his circles was known as “La Cabra”, since the first occurred more than 20 years ago, in the Gaspar García Laviana community, located at kilometer 13 on the highway to Masaya. .
A source from that neighborhood who knew the victim and the criminal, on condition of anonymity, revealed to Article 66 that Ríos murdered the young man identified as Yader Quintero, whom he allegedly stabbed with a “bayonet in the chest.”
He also explained that it all started with a lawsuit at a party “where a lady named Coco.” “Yader beat him up, but since Marlon was a coward he treacherously attacked him,” the source said.
He pointed out that Marlon Ríos was never arrested for the alleged crime, because his uncle Pedro Rizo was at that time a police officer and head of the sector where the events occurred, according to informants told this media outlet.
“(Marlon) killed him when they were both teenagers. He fled, because he was protected by his uncle, he helped him to flee and hide. The case has been unpunished for more than 20 years », he highlighted.
In addition, he stressed that the accused’s relatives “hid him” because Yader Quintero’s cousins ”swore to take revenge” for the crime against their relative.
Similarly, a middle of the Caribbean Coast revealed that Marlon Ríos had already committed a crime in Managua with the same “rage” that he acted against his spouse.
Femicide, sentenced to life imprisonment
On July 21, Judge Jazohara Zamora Rivera, of the Triángulo Minero Specialized Court for Violence, sentenced Marlon Noel Rios Rizo to the detriment of his partner Kenya Yosmari Vivas. The defendant will serve his sentence in the Matagalpa prison system.
During the reading of the sentence, the court indicated that the evidence presented by the Prosecutor’s Office demonstrated the degree of “violence and viciousness”, according to local media.
“Firstly, he intimidated her, psychologically pressuring her to show his superiority and his machismo against his victim. In this case, misogyny, hatred against women, was demonstrated. In this way, Marlon unloaded all his hatred against the woman, using two machetes, an ax and a cutacha, “said the judge.
Likewise, he stated that “we see the viciousness, treachery, misogyny, on the victim’s body, causing her the incomplete mutilation of her right hand. With a total of 104 wounds, in different parts of the body. She had 13 wounds on her head and eight wounds on her face».
The number of femicides in Nicaragua has risen to 28. The registry of victims followed by the independent organization Catholics for the Right to Decide shows a relentless advance of sexist violence in the country. The organization places the northern and southern Caribbean of Nicaragua as the areas where the highest rates of violence against women are reported.
