Data from the Ministry of Public Security, quoted by the R7 portal, shows that of 193 completed femicides, 36 cases were ignored by court decisions and 157 were upheld. There were two files with two victims.
According to the website, they all had plans, paths and dreams that were cut short just because they were women, and the numbers highlight the lack of investment in public policies to prevent domestic violence and protect women.
Femicide, a crime related to gender-based violence, is defined as “the murder of a woman committed on the grounds of the condition of the female sex”.
The transgressions are committed in situations of domestic or family violence, or for any reason of disregard or discrimination against the fact of being a woman.
Despite the inclusion of the law, the number of victims continued to rise and some crimes went unanswered.
R7 mentions the case of Talita Moreira, 18 years old. The young woman was working as a nurse in Mexico City’s North Wing when she was approached and brutally murdered on her way to work on February 26, 2017.
The mother says the Legal Medical Institute (IML) report showed her daughter was beaten and tortured before she was killed.
According to the IML, she had multiple fractures, a collapsed skull and her throat was cut.
The main suspect for the family is the victim’s ex-boyfriend, who, according to the mother, did not accept the end of the relationship. Six years later, the murder of the woman continues without answers and is being investigated by the civilian police and the Samambaia Region Public Ministry.
The numbers from the survey show that 84 percent of women had a deep affectionate relationship with the perpetrator and were murdered by ex-husbands, ex-boyfriends or their current partner.
Likewise, 7.5 percent of victims have a family relationship with their killer.
Jéssica Marques, a lawyer specializing in criminal law, explains that the partner poses a potential risk if they exhibit abusive and aggressive behavior.
The official tally warns that 64 percent of femicides recorded during that period were motivated by jealousy or posing, and 75 of the women lost their lives in their own homes.
Of the 159 victims, 71 percent did not file a police incident report against the attacker, hoping that the partner would not commit another violent act.
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