A man was sentenced to 26 years in prison for the femicide of his ex-partner, identified as Valeria Vera, 38, in June of last year. The incident occurred in the city of Young, in the department of Río Negro.
The crime took place on June 19, 2021. In accordance with Underlined, the woman repeatedly told the man that the relationship had to end, but he refused; they eventually broke up months before the murder. The night of the homicide, the subject was at the victim’s house and asked her if she was going out with someone else, to which she replied yes. The murderer went out to smoke and when he re-entered the house he began to rebuke Vera.
During the discussion, the criminal took a knife and attacked the woman in front of her two daughters, four and nine years old. The victim asked one of the minors to seek help from her and she ran to alert a neighbor of her. He responded to the call and quickly transferred Valeria to a health center, where she finally died.
The Policeman He arrived at the site and found the man locked in the bathroom, who was trying to take his own life, but the agents prevented him. The murderer managed to cut his neck, but he survived.
The event caused a great impact in the Young community, which mobilized and demanded justice for the events. Finally, the court granted the Prosecutor’s Office the reason by charging him with a crime of homicide very especially aggravated by femicide.
