At 26 years, Gibelina de la Rosa Santos has lived under a regime of Physical, verbal and psychological violence Sustained for almost a decade, he says.
His victimizer, his ex -partner Kelvin Christopher Polanco Domínguezaka “kendo”, who, despite having been judicially submitted for gender violence and having a history of aggression, He continues to harass her without the authorities activating the corresponding protection mechanisms.
The most recent aggression occurred last Sunday, July 27. “I still have a swollen hand. Threw me with a knife“The young mother of two girls said.
It is not the first time that Fear for your life. Gibelina tells that he cannot sit in front of his house without being persecuted, insulted or violated.
“If I don’t go out, I throw stones. The balcony has already broken me, the windows … and all that is documented in the Prosecutor’s Office, “he said.
The complaints that nobody listens
Official documents confirm multiple complaints filed by Gibelina since 2022, many of them for physical aggressions with sharp objects, death threats and property destruction.
In one of the judicial instances, after being released, the aggressor wrote by hand about the sentence: “Move, bitch’s daughter”and threw it to the Women’s Housing Gate.
Despite the evidence of extreme recidivism and violence, Justice has not executed an arrest warrant Nor of preventive detention, nor has it guaranteed its safety, says Gibelina.
“We call 911, we activate the Gurabo barracks … and Patrol never comes“, complains.
His father, Gilberto de la Rosa, also fears that inaction Finish in tragedy. “That young man is going to kill my daughter. Justice must act before the worst happens. If not, you are going to do what you don’t want to do,” he lamented.
A pattern of violence that is aggravated
Gibelina’s friend, Quilsia Ventura, has also been White of aggressions by the same individual.
According to his testimony, Polanco has entered his house to damage his engine, He has harassed her with messages From the cell phone stolen to her friend and threatened her saying that “before falling prisoner he takes two women on 7th street.” The other woman who made reference would be Gibelin herself.
The Prosecutor’s Office of Santiago has received repeated complaints They describe similar patterns: nocturnal irruptions, aggressions while the victim sleeps, destruction of goods, subtraction of explicit belongings and threats.
One of the seven interposed complaints narrates that, on March 10, 2024, when it broke into alleged effects of controlled substances, he strangled it, he launched stones, hit her in the face and stole documents and devices.
The system that abandons the victims
Despite the seriousness of the facts and the existence of multiple complaints in the ATTENTION UNIT FOR VICTIMS OF GENDER VIOLENCE (UAVVG), the aggressor is still free.
Gibelina indicated that the lack of response from authorities Police and judicial has generated an environment of unprotection, not only for her, but also for her two minor daughters. “I am afraid to send them to the grocery store,” he says.
Neither the arrest warrant issued above nor the documentary evidence They have been enough to stop violence.
“I have delivered tests of everything, even of the times that the house has broken me. The Prosecutor’s Office has them. But They don’t grab it. They do nothing, “he concludes, with a broken voice.
An urgent call to the authorities
“After they kill her, then they will come“Her friend Quilsia said indignant. The community on 7th Street in Gurabo also fears for her safety.” We cannot continue waiting. This has to end before we have to regret one death, “insisted another neighbor.
Meanwhile, Gibelina reiterated that she lives in constant fear, cornered in your own homewith an arrest warrant without executing and a justice that, until now, has not responded.
