The Colombian authorities found the body of the 12-year-old girl in a cane field in the municipality of Candelaria, in the department of Valle del Cauca, in the southwest of the country. She had been missing since September 29after leaving your home to buy shampoo to bathe your pet.
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The Mayor’s Office of Candelaria reported in a statement that it was notified “by the judicial authorities of the discovery of a body that allegedly corresponded to that of the girl Sofía Delgado Zúñiga.”
For her part, the governor of Valle del Cauca, Dilian Francisca Toro, regretted the fact and asked to reopen the debate on life sentences for child murderers. “I want to express my solidarity with her father, her mother, her entire family of this girl who unfortunately is not with us today, tell them that we will do everything in our power so that those responsible are punished with the full weight of the law, because “A person who abuses, attacks, violates, or murders a child deserves to be excluded from society.”said the governor in her X account.
Two people have been arrested for this crime: “This is a man and a woman, who is the wife, who are detained. The girl was found near the scene of the events in the La Regina district.”added the president.
The body of the girl, reported missing 19 days ago, was found in the Villagorgona hamlet and The remains were transferred to the National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences to establish his identity and carry out other studies that will allow us to learn more details about this crime.
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The mayor of Candelaria and the parents of the minor
Ask for justice
Regarding the accused, the governor told Noticias Caracol that they were a couple who owned a business near Sofía Delgado’s home, and precisely where the girl would have disappeared. After the capture of the two people who are supposedly linked to the crime became known, The Villagorgona community tried to burn down the house of the possible attackers, Therefore, members of the anti-riot group of the Dialogue and Maintenance of Order Unit (Udmo, former Esmad) had to intervene.
The girl’s home, where there were nights of prayer and vigils asking for her to return alive, was surrounded today by friends of the family who regretted the incident, especially because the victim was a minor.
“I ask God to do justice to the people (detained) and that the full weight of the law falls on them”Lady Zúñiga, the minor’s mother, said in the midst of crying. She recalled that she and her husband, Cristian Delgado, always They hoped that their daughter would return alivebut that miracle did not happen. “We are surrounded by bad people, people with masks who have no love in their hearts and always think about doing bad,” she said troubled.
The case of the minor became known just today, when it was announced that delegations from 116 countries will participate in the first World Ministerial Conference to End Violence against Children, which It will be held on November 7 and 8 in Bogotá. This event is organized by the governments of Colombia and Sweden; the World Health Organization (WHO); the special representative on Violence against Children and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), and it will be the first time that so many countries meet to talk about this issue.
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EFE
