This Wednesday, January 1, 2025, Yenni Peña became the first victim of feminicide registered this year in the province Santiago.
According to preliminary reports, the woman’s lifeless body was found with obvious signs of violence in the sector The Cambronalin the lower part of the city near the Yaque lodging.
According to authorities, the main suspect in the crime is his ex-partner sentimental, identified only as “Lilo“, who is already detained, as confirmed by General Juan Bautista Jiménez Reynoso.
To date, the details of how the attack was carried out are unknown. murder.
He corpse was transferred to the National Institute of Forensic Sciences (Inacif) in this city for the corresponding purposes and to accurately determine the cause of death.
In the year just ended, 85 cases of femicides in the Dominican Republic, according to statistics from the Ministry of Women.
Santiago occupied one of the first places in incidencewith a significant number of cases registered.
“This fact, which mourns a family and an entire community, reinforces the need to intensify the policies public to combat violence gender in the country,” a source told Diario Libre on the subject.
The authorities call on report any risk situation to prevent new cases of feminicide.
