A man disguised himself as a woman in order to enter his ex-partner’s office and spray her with a liquid that caused burns on her face and body because she refused to resume their relationship.
The event occurred in La Paz over the weekend, the departmental director of the Special Force to Fight Violence (FELCV) of La Paz, Colonel Jhonny Vega, informed the media on Monday.
The subject, aged 57 years old, arrived at the place where the victim works “dressed in woman and with a wig” to be able to enter his work source and talk to him, Vega explained.
“The verbal and then physical discussions begin, and the lady mentions that afterwards she takes a substance out of a bottle that she sprays on her face and body”, she pointed out.
The man subsequently fled, while the victim, aged 36 years old, presented “burns on her face and body with visible blisters” and has 25 days of impediment, indicated Vega.
According to the victim’s testimony, the subject wanted to have a sentimental relationship with the victim again and she refused, before which the attacks began.
When searching the place where the attack took place , the police officers collected two bottles with the substance used by the man to attack his ex-partner and analyzes are awaited to know exactly what he was sprayed with, according to the police chief.
The police are looking for the man in a process for “attempted femicide”, he added.
Attacks on women in Bolivia
Bolivia has been in force since 2021 a law that seeks to protect women from all types of violence that, among other aspects, punishes femicide with 30 years in prison without the right to pardon.
However, the law has not curbed the levels of sexist violence and, for example, the main crime reported in 2021 was that of “family or domestic violence”, with 37.613 cases, according to data from the Bolivian Prosecutor’s Office.
The police are looking for the man in a process for “attempted femicide”, he added.
Attacks on women in Bolivia
Bolivia has been in force since 2021 a law that seeks to protect women from all types of violence that, among other aspects, punishes femicide with 30 years in prison without the right to pardon.
However, the law has not curbed the levels of sexist violence and, for example, the main crime reported in 2021 was that of “family or domestic violence”, with 37.613 cases, according to data from the Bolivian Prosecutor’s Office.
Feminist organizations have claimed for years that the law is not fully complied with due to shortcomings such as the lack of budgets and adequate personnel to deal with these cases.
The angry protest The recent acts of the activists after learning through a notorious case that many sentenced femicides have been released left the Bolivian Justice in the crosshairs and motivated the Government to create a new commission to review these cases.
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