Prosecution prosecuted for brutal femicide of a 22-year-old in La Serena | National

In the family of Yulisa Cerda, 22 years old They still cannot explain what happened. Especially after details of what preceded the brutal femicide allegedly committed by the young man’s couple on Monday night, when he shot her twice while they were alone in the building of The companies where the victim resided, causing death.

As confirmed after the crime, the woman had made three formal complaints in Police for Domestic Violence, and it had been reported to the Prosecutor’s Office. The first of these accusations was made in December 2019, while the other two were carried out in January and February 2020.

Although there were scheduled hearings derived from these cases, for April 9 and 30, they had to be postponed due to the health emergency due to the coronavirus.

The alleged perpetrator of the crime had a record of 33 cases.

In this regard, from the family they point to the authorities, in general, since “they should have ordered a restraining order or something like that,” says Eduardo, the victim’s brother-in-law, who lived with her in Las Compañías during his last days.

Seremi points to the Prosecutor’s Office

The Seremi for Women and Gender Equity of the Coquimbo region, Ivón Guerra, coincides with relatives. It assumes that there were errors, and “things that were not done”, and in that sense it is categorical in specifying that the responsibility falls on the Public Ministry.

“Here the persecuting entity did not hit the mark, and I have no problem saying it publicly because there was negligence here. Here the person went to make the complaint in December, then in January, and then in February, but nothing was done, “said the authority.

“It was considered as something slight, because a bad reading of the risk guideline was made and it was not taken into account who was or how dangerous the attacking subject was, so we were not informed about anything, having shelters where We can give protection to these women, we as a ministry, so how can we not be angry about what happened, they should have given adequate protection, “said Guerra.

The seremi reported that they had a conversation with the regional prosecutor Adrián Vega, and – according to Guerra – he would have recognized the error. For this reason, the government authority requested that internal investigations be carried out at the institution so that there were regulatory sanctions.

“This cannot continue to occur, the risk guidelines were not well executed, nothing was activated in the Regional Unit for Victim Assistance, so the system did not work and someone has to assume,” he said, adding that “they are already taking actions as a ministry at the national level ”.

Coworkers

Yulisa worked in a ProVida branch in the center of La Serena, and one of his closest companions and friends, Tabita Ortiz, He related that the departure of the young woman was a huge loss for everyone. In fact, on Tuesday morning when they found out what had happened they had to close the premises since nobody was in a position to continue working.

Tabita knew the situation of Yulisa and the subject who attacked her. Even, many times he saw her arrive with bruises on her face and marks on her arms, for the same reason, for a time he even took her to live at his house so that this person did not hurt him. But it was not long and the young woman decided to return.

“It is incredible that this has happened. I was a witness that she made the complaints, but what else could she do, if after having resorted to justice she has to wait months for her to be summoned to a court and in all that time the man is on the loose, and he can do what he wants. want. I think justice here did not help my friend, ”says the worker.

From the Association of Feminist Lawyers, Abofem, the regional director, Carolina Tello, He also views with concern what happened. First of all, he regrets the death of the woman at the hands of his partner with whom he had a long history of violence, but he is greatly concerned about the fact that despite Yulisa heeding all calls in relation to making the complaints, he did not receive a response from the system that allowed him to ensure his life.

“Protection measures were not instructed, which seems serious to me, and this speaks of the lightness with which accusations of gender violence are taken many times. If Carabineros informs the Prosecutor’s Office of this, the woman would have to be provided with protection immediately, ”he indicated.

“How do we pretend that a woman trusts the system today if she makes the complaints, with everything that it costs them to do, after that they are left adrift, waiting for an audience and anything can happen in the meantime. It is not possible ”, emphasized the lawyer.

Consulted in the Public Ministry, they maintained that no statement will be made “until the investigation of femicide is carried out” and it was insisted that the Public Ministry presented requirements for trial in Guarantee Court, derived from the complaints.