Three sexist murders in 24 hours

If the month of July was especially bloody with nine violent deaths, August starts with a new escalation of sexist murders that is difficult to digest. In just 24 hours, two young women and a 91-year-old woman have been murdered by their husbands, in the capital of Almería, Pozoblanco (Córdoba) and in Tenerife.

The first, Zouhr, was of Moroccan origin like the father of her children, the same one who slit her throat with a kitchen knife with a 10-centimeter blade in front of the three minors.. The second, Juani, is originally from Villanueva de Córdoba, and was about to leave her home in Pozoblanco as a result of the breakdown of her marriage.. Hours before being murdered, she was desperately looking for a rental apartment to move in with her three children.

Apparently his partner, whom years ago he had denounced for ill-treatment, could have ended his life and then committed suicide. A three-year-old daughter found the bodies of her parents and went out into the street to seek help from the neighbors, who notified the Local Police and the Civil Guard around 8 in the morning.

The minor children of the marriage were also witnesses to the murder of Almería. Two of them, just 7 and 10 years old, asked for help after witnessing the death of their mother at the hands of their husband, who was arrested hours later.. They have another younger brother, six months old.. The three have already been placed at the disposal of the social services, which will look for a relative who can take care of the children or will initiate the procedures to provide them with a new home.

The case of Almería was confirmed yesterday as a case of gender violence, since the evidence was many. Apparently, the man put up some resistance to his arrest and came to use one of his children as a shield, according to data from the investigation to which Efe had access.

The one in Pozoblanco will initially be a more complicated case, given that the main suspect has also died.. The hypothesis that was considered hours after the two bodies appeared, she 32 years old and he 39, along with a long weapon (shotgun or carbine type), was that the man would have committed suicide after ending the life of his wife, who had taken steps to separate and was about to leave home.

Police sources confirmed to EL MUNDO that the man had previous complaints for ill-treatment but currently there was no protection order in force for his partner, probably due to withdrawal of the complaint.

The couple also had three young children, who have already been welcomed by their closest relatives without the intervention of the Andalusian social services having been necessary.

But the macabre picture of this beginning of the month of August was not completely complete.. Early yesterday afternoon, another violent death was also known, that of a 91-year-old woman, who was allegedly murdered by her partner, a 92-year-old man, in Valle Guerra, in La Laguna (Tenerife).. The suspect was arrested hours later.

In the latter case, there were no previous complaints of ill-treatment, nor were the victim or her executioner registered with the Viogen victim protection program.

A little over a week ago there was also news of the murder of another woman, this time in Utrera (Seville). It was about Erica Vanessa, a 22-year-old Nicaraguan girl who died on July 31 at the hands of her partner at her home.

She had come from her hometown of Telolinga, in eastern Nicaragua, to meet her sister, who had managed to settle in this municipality after escaping in 2008 from the political and social situation in her country.

The victim's family confirmed yesterday that they had already managed to raise 4,000 of the 6,000 euros they need to repatriate his body to Nicaragua and asked their neighbors and relatives for one last effort to achieve their goals.

With regard to the latest deaths registered in just 24 hours, the Ministry of Equality has only confirmed the one that occurred on Monday in Almería as a case of gender violence. But, if the other two are confirmed, we would already be adding 35 women killed by their partners or ex-partners so far this year in Spain, and a third would have occurred in Andalusia.

The chain of allegedly sexist murders triggered the alarms again yesterday after an equally bloody month of July. The reactions of condemnation followed one another. Thus, the acting President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, called for continuing to work “with unity and firmness” to end any form of sexist violence.