Caracas Venezuela
The authorities in Venezuela They arrested the person responsible for two femicides that shocked the west of the country earlier this week, said Attorney General Tarek Saab.
“Nelson Antonio Torrealba Saavedra detained in a river in Turén and ordered by the Public Prosecutor’s Office (citizen) Nelson Antonio Torrealba Saavedra, denounced by his wife as responsible for the heinous indignation homicide series of young girls Elyannis Martínez and Eduarlys Falcón“Saab said in a message posted on Twitter.
The lifeless bodies of Martínez and Falcón, Aged 17 and 20, respectively, were found last Tuesday in an unpopulated area of the municipality of Turén, which is part of the western Portuguese state.
Saab then noted on Twitter that “both were found with signs of physical torture.”
According to local media reports, Eduarlys Falcon She had been missing since Monday morning, when she left home to go to the gym.
The same sources indicated that his body, located near a bridge known as Las Marías, showed signs of sexual abuse.
Meanwhile, Elyannis Martínez disappeared last Sunday after attending an evangelical church in Turén.
Reports indicate that his body was found in an open field in an area known as La Misión, near his home, with signs of sexual abuse and torture.
Venezuela’s attorney general said today that assassin He confessed that he caused the “brutal death” of both young women by “strangulation”, for which his office will charge him with the crime of “femicide aggravated by sexual violence ”.
Tarek Saab estimated that these accusations will carry Torrealba’s maximum sentence, which is 30 years in prison.
In Venezuela, at least 256 women lost their lives in 2020 in events attributed to gender-based violence, according to Utopix, which collects this data in order to silence the government’s information. EFE