The week that ends has brought mourning to several Nicaraguan families living in Costa Rica, victims of the violence that plagues that country. Among the crimes, there is the femicide perpetrated against Anielka Maria Silva33 years old.
Human rights defenders ask the authorities of that country that the crimes do not go unpunished and criticize the regime that governs Nicaragua for being responsible for massive migrations, because it does not solve the political and social crisis, which is now five years old this coming April.
Silva became the ninth woman murdered abroad so far this year, according to a count of feminist organizations that work in Nicaragua to eradicate violence against women.
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The crime occurred at dawn on March 27, in Santa Cruz de Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Anielka María, was killed with a shot to the head at the hands of a subject, who was supposed to be her spouse. Local authorities detailed that Silva was with the attacker and other people in a bar at about 3:00 in the morning when she got up to go to the bathroom and her partner followed her. Then a shot was heard at the premises.
another nica murdered
That same day, another Nicaraguan was murdered by two individuals who apparently were chasing him. The victim was identified as Pedro Pablo Garcia Montiel35 years old.
The man received several bullet wounds, apparently fired from an AK-47, when he was moving on a street in a residential area in Limón, Costa Rica, Diario Extra reported on its website.
At the time of the crime, four other people who were traveling with the deceased, aboard a vehicle, were injured, for which they were taken to a care center, neighbors told the authorities of the Judicial Investigation Agency, (OIJ).
Another crime in Guanacaste
Two days ago, also in Guanacaste, a border area with Nicaragua, another crime was recorded against another Nicaraguan; Jersan Antonio Mayorga Valdez, 30 years old. Mayorga Valdez was shot to death in the San Dimas region.
The victim was originally from the department of Rivas, and according to the Costa Rican authorities, he was engaged in currency exchange. The causes of the crime are unknown. The young man’s parents traveled to the border area to identify the body and carry out the procedures to repatriate his remains.
Human rights defenders demand justice
For her part, a Nicaraguan lawyer and human rights defender lamented the wave of crimes against Nicaraguans and demanded justice from the Costa Rican government, mainly in the femicide of Anielka.
Although the activist acknowledges that the neighboring country “has opened its doors to Nicaraguans” fleeing the dictatorship of Daniel Ortega, she points out that there is still a need to improve security levels for exiles. In addition, she explained that the increase in crimes against Nicaraguans in Costa Rican territory may be motivated by xenophobia and lack of protection from the Costa Rican State.
“This xenophobia generates more violence against people, against women, and a sample of this could be this Costa Rican who killed his partner (Anielka Silva) because foreign human beings are seen as fourth-rate, without any guarantee, without no protection,” claimed the human rights defender.
«A migrant woman who wants to access justice has to pay a lot of money because even that, justice has a high cost for those who want to find it, but for free or for a State to take responsibility for the violence that occurs in the country is very difficult,” he said.
The specialist also does not rule out that levels of insecurity are increasing in Costa Rica due to irregular migration arriving from other countries, she considered it important to call on the authorities to work on preventive plans to reduce it, because there are people who come to work and contribute to the economy of that country.
“We demand preventive plans, programs that are comprehensive for migrant women. It is also necessary to redouble efforts to investigate and punish these crimes, international public policies are required, specifically to protect those who arrive from another country, “she said.
Punishment for femicide
Another lawyer, a member of another feminist organization outlawed and confiscated by the regime in Nicaragua, asked President Rodrigo Chaves for justice.
“We demand that the Government of Mr. Chaves guarantee justice for Anielka’s femicide and that the full weight of the law fall on the murderer. It is unfortunate how Nicaraguans are murdered », he reproached.
By United Voices
