The Specialized Court for Minors of the Estelí Judicial Complex issued preventive prison for the 17-year-old teenager with initials JPOA, identified as the alleged perpetrator of the femicide against Britney Olivas, who was pregnant. Despite the fact that the defendant was the young woman’s boyfriend, the local Public Ministry accuses him of aggravated murder.
the media Estelí Free Stereo Radio reported that the victim’s body, according to the forensic medical opinion, had 30 wounds caused by a knife, in addition to perforation in the chest cavity. The body was found in the middle of some trees, in a vacant lot that is used as a clandestine dump, in the sector known as La Llorona, in Estelí.
The victim collaborated as an announcer on Radio Estéreo Libre and the “Tuktan Sirpi” Children’s Association. The body was found on March 12, in a hollow in the La Quinta community, jurisdiction of Estelí; place to which he had moved from La Concordia, Jinotega; to find out about the academic offer in that city.
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According to the testimony of the teenager’s family, Olivas was six weeks pregnant. They indicate that the defendant had asked her to have an abortion, but she refused.
Prosecutor Karen Rodríguez Idiáquez requested the precautionary measure of preventive detention for the alleged femicide, alleging that “there is an imminent danger of evasion (of justice) due to information from the Police that the accused adolescent was going to leave the country before to be captured.”
Meanwhile, the defendant’s defense attorney, Edgar Aráuz, requested house arrest and a ban on leaving the country for JPOA, however Judge María Elsa Laguna revoked the request and sent the defendant to the Estelí Penitentiary System.
The Nicaraguan Code for Children and Adolescents will prevent the femicide of the pregnant teenager, Britney Olivas Herrera, from being prosecuted for committing a hate crime and sentenced to life imprisonment, he explained to Article 66 the lawyer Yonarqui Martínez.
“In the case that he is a minor, there is a special procedure that stipulates the treatment that should be given to the accused, such as not revealing his identity. He also has an estimated sentence time, in the case of serious crimes, it cannot exceed six years, “said Martínez, referring to article 202 of the Code for Children and Adolescents.
Human rights organizations affirmed that they have noted the high level of violence against women, especially on the North and South Caribbean Coast. “We are facing a situation where the Government is not assuming its responsibility for this situation of violence against women,” they lament.
They demand that those responsible for the crimes be sentenced in accordance with Law 779. At the same time, stating that they will continue to make femicides and all forms of sexist violence suffered by women more visible. “We are going to continue denouncing hate crimes against women,” said Catholics for the Right to Decide.
