Santo Domingo.—In the last hours, gender violence charged two new fatalities in the Dominican Republic, in events that occurred in the National District and in Verón, La Altagracia, which also ended up in two suicides of their aggressors.
Feminidide-Suicide in Los Ríos
After midnight on Saturday, in Los Platanitos alley on Los Próceres Avenue, a second lieutenant of the Navy, Wáscar Díaz Otaño (41 years), shot his partner, Esmeralda María Cruz Familia (35 years), and later took his life.
- Victim: Esmeralda went to a medical appointment with his sister on Friday, María Estefany Cruz Familiawho reported that the victim planned to travel to Las Matas de Farfán that same afternoon. Not having news or response to the phone, the sister went to her residence on Saturday morning and gave notice to the authorities.
- Evidence: The scientific police recovered a 9 mm browning pistol with six caps. The house was under the custody of Mario Francisco Cruz Familiabrother of the deceased.
- Forensic destinations: Both bodies were sent to the National Institute of Forensic Sciences (INACIF) for the autopsy of rigor.
Homicide-Suicide in Verón
In the Villa Esperanza de Verón sector, the early morning of Saturday, Elido Bernardo Ramírez Estévez (51 years) he paved multiple blows with A goat leg to your partner, María Altagracia Feliz Alcántaracausing death, and then ingested a poisonous substance to end his own life.
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These two events raise the figure of femicide in the country and highlight the urgency of intensifying the prevention, protection and sanction measures of gender violence.
