Ex-husband stabs judge and murders her in front of her three daughters

Domestic violence and femicides are increasing and not only in Chile. A magistrate of Rio de Janeiro she was stabbed to death by her ex-husband and in front of the couple’s three daughters.

The judge Viviane Vieira do Amaral Arronenzi, 45 years old, was the victim of femicide at the hands of her ex-partner Paulo José Arronenzi, who stabbed the woman multiple times in front of her three young daughters.

According to the Brazilian authorities, the suspect had already been denounced for violence and the judge had a police escort granted by the Justice.

The Association of Magistrates of Rio de Janeiro (AMAERJ) and the Association of Brazilian Magistrates (AMB) expressed in a joint note their “extreme regret” for the “cowardly murder” and assured that the crime will not go unpunished, after the arrest of man.

“This crime will not go unpunished. Femicide is vehemently repudiated by Brazilian society. Brazil needs to move forward. What happened this Thursday in Barra da Tijuca is absolutely unacceptable,” said the president of AMAERJ, Felipe Gonçalves.