Relatives of victims of femicide and rape marched this Monday from El Alto to La Paz. On paper they wrote the names of judges and prosecutors who freed those accused of crimes against women.
Mothers and relatives of victims of femicide and rape marched from El Alto to the city of La Paz demanding justice and denouncing by name the judges and prosecutors who freed those accused of femicide or rape. The mobilization made a kind of protest rallies at the doors of the Court of Justice and the Ministries of Justice and Government.
With posters and in other cases with epitaphs of their victimized loved ones in hand, dozens of people swelled the protest that was activated after it was revealed that Judge Rafael Alcón released Richard Choque Flores, sentenced for femicide and rape, who once again committed crimes. two other femicides and rapes.
Precisely the protest started from the house where Richard Choque buried his two victims, in the Ballivián area of El Alto. The rain did not prevent the mobilization in which the activist of Mujeres Creando María Galindo was, who denounced that more than 120 people accused of femicide and rape were released in Bolivia.
Papers with the names of judges and prosecutors who released those accused of rape or femicide or attempted femicide were pasted on the doors of the Departmental Court of Justice.
March demands justice
At the doors of the Ministry of Justice, in the Prado de La Paz, there was a protest and an attempt by the Police to disperse them. The wall and doors of this state portfolio were defaced. Later, the mobilization continued to the Ministry of Government.
The Minister of Government, Eduardo del Castillo, left his office to personally listen to Galindo's voice complaints and denunciations. He asked him to "gather all the data on femicides and rapes, where femicides and rapists have benefited freely" and form a commission between the different powers so that they review these cases within a period of 180 days.
Del Castillo promised to transfer the mobilization proposal to President Luis Arce, although he announced that Arce has already arranged to do everything necessary so that "justice is done" in these cases.
Alcón was accused of crimes such as malfeasance and was sent to jail for six months while the investigations continue. In his defense, the judge explained that he granted his freedom because the sentenced person presented medical certificates that showed a terminal illness.
