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Diego Cadavid had a history of domestic violence against his partner, which is why she did not want to live with him anymore. Patriarchal violence has no limits when it comes to expressing the power that some men believe they have over women, says the coordinator of the Observatorio de Feminicides Colombia.
In a wooded area, between the El Llanito and El Porvenir neighborhoods of the municipality of Rionegro, the body of Sofía Cadavid, the 18-month-old girl who had been reported missing since Thursday, December 17, was found this Friday at dawn. Her relatives had launched the alert after the little girl left her house at noon accompanied by her father, with whom no one had been able to contact afterwards. Paradoxically, the authorities managed to find the exact place where the body was found, after the father himself confessed to the crime and handed over the location.
The first investigations indicate that Diego Cadavid, who was captured by the CTI of the Prosecutor’s Office, the Gaula and the National Police, beat his daughter to death after the mother of the minor decided that she would no longer live with him. The authorities found the father of the minor disoriented wandering the streets of the municipality and wearing a shirt that had traces of blood.
“The alleged murderer acknowledged in interrogation that he had murdered his own daughter (…) we are going to impute aggravated femicide before a judge of guarantees,” said the attorney general of the nation, Francisco Barbosa.
The last known images of the minor are recorded in the video of a security camera of an establishment that captured Cadavid with the little girl asleep in her arms, while she was making a purchase and holding a balloon. A scene that apparently occurred moments before the murder.
“A search begins in the El Porvenir neighborhood sector. Through the security cameras we were able to have various visual aids where Father Diego Armando Cadavid walked. We saw in some corridors where he was passing. In some corridors he went with the girl. He was seen entering an establishment at around five in the afternoon, then he went to some bike paths in the El Porvenir neighborhood at around eight at night and finally he was seen alone, ”the mayor of Rionegro, Rodrigo Hernández.
According to testimonies given by relatives, Diego Cadavid had problems with the mother of the minor, whom he would have beaten on some occasions. In addition, they point out that after taking the little Sofia, he turned off his cell phone and closed his social networks so as not to be located.
The crime once again put the debate on violence against girls and women in the country and the worrying increase in cases of feminicide registered in 2020.
Estefanía Rivera, coordinator of the Colombian Feminicide Observatory, which is part of the Antimilitarist Feminist Network, spoke with The viewer on the case of Sofía Cadavid and others similar that they have documented during the year.
What is your analysis of this case?
This shows the control that men seek to exercise over women’s bodies. In Colombia this year, in addition to this femicide, we registered other similar ones: two femicides and two attempted femicides. For example, on February 1, the 4-year-old girl Tatiana Tafurt was murdered by her father in Cauca. Then the man committed suicide. In these cases we show a desire for revenge against women who “disrespect” their desire for domination. In addition, they seek to leave that message in the minds of their ex-partners, their families and women in general.
According to his report, Antioquia is the department in which the most cases have been presented this year. For what is this?
The department’s conservative history has a lot to do with it. The defense of a family ideal can be above the rights of women. Valle del Cauca and Antioquia are the areas with the highest number of cases, and this should be analyzed taking into account the dynamics that exist in relation to the presence of men in arms, the history of drug trafficking and the territorial disputes of criminal gangs. . Added to this, the way in which women’s bodies are conceived and the control that men have exercised over them. Another factor in Antioquia is the economic inequality of women.
What strategies do you think the State should implement to prevent violence against women?
We have reiterated that a transformation of the institutionality is necessary. We consider that when a man is an aggressor he also represents an imminent danger to his sons, daughters and to the woman’s environment. It is necessary to understand violence in a structural way and how it happens, to make an exhaustive follow-up of the men who have been denounced and to guarantee protection to women who go to justice. There is no system that tracks offenders. We have identified cases where a man has more than 12 complaints and no action is taken. Women must be accompanied to prevent these unfortunate events and that the cases are investigated; According to UN Women, only 13% of femicides in Colombia lead to a conviction. We must pay attention, as evidenced by this case, to the sons and daughters of women who have been threatened. In October, another case was presented in which the man murdered his two children and sent photographs to his ex-girlfriend while attacking them, and this is not an isolated case. Patriarchal violence has no limits when it comes to expressing the power they believe they have over women.
