Juliana Giraldo: defense of a soldier asks that he be taken to Military Criminal Justice – Crimes – Justice



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On the morning of this Friday, the Attorney General’s Office issued a statement referring to the case of Juliana Giraldo, the woman who was killed by a soldier on September 24 in the vicinity of Miranda, Cauca.

The prosecuting body points out that yesterday, before the Second Promiscuous Court of Miranda, in a scheduled procedure to charge the soldier with the crime of homicide of a protected person, the defense raised a conflict of jurisdiction and requested that the case be transferred to the Military Criminal Justice.

In response, the Prosecutor’s Office argued that “it must continue with the investigation to grant all judicial guarantees to the victim and his next of kin”, and argued that the evidence shows that “the uniformed officer involved in the events acted on their own behalf and not in an act of service“.

In the same way, the accusing entity stated that with his actions (the soldier) would have disregarded the guidelines defined by the National Army to react at a checkpoint.

(We suggest you read: This is how the investigation into the death of Juliana Giraldo in Cauca goes)

The Prosecutor’s Office argued in its support that Juliana Giraldo Díaz was a transgender woman from the civilian population, and that “therefore it was protected internationally. “

The uniformed officer involved in the events acted on their own behalf and not in an act of service

In this sense, the Prosecutor’s Office points out that Juliana’s death amounts to the fact that the principles of distinction and precaution contemplated by International Humanitarian Law were violated.

In the communiqué, the accusing entity assures that due to this situation it was not possible to comply with the imputation of charges and the ” The judge transferred it to the Disciplinary Chamber of the Superior Council of the Judiciary to decide on the conflict of jurisdiction raised

(You are surely interested in reading: The drama of the family of the soldier who murdered Juliana Giraldo)

In the Council, the Prosecutor’s Office will reiterate the arguments to keep the case in the ordinary jurisdiction.

At the time this newspaper published the ballistics result, which concluded that “it was a straight shot“The first hit was against the windshield.

This result would be contrary to the preliminary version given by the soldier, who affirmed to his superiors that he fired at a tire, and that the projectile hit the ground, and that it bounced off the car, in this case hitting the woman.

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