By The newspaper
May 24, 2024, 00:54 AM EDT
The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), considered the oldest Hispanic civil rights organization in the US, offered a $25,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of those responsible for the death of the Latina soldier Katia Dueñas Aguilar.
The 23-year-old soldier, originally from Mesquite, Texas, was part of the 101st Airborne Division and was at the base at Fort Campbell, in the state of Kentucky.
Katia Dueñas was found dead last Saturday at her home in the town of Clarksville, on the border of Kentucky and Tennessee. Following the discovery, local law enforcement and the military immediately launched an investigation.
They are looking for those responsible for his death
The LULAC association offers a reward for anyone with information about the soldier’s death, they shared in a statement.
“Today I am announcing a $25,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the death of another Latina soldier, this time found off base at her home this weekend in Tennessee,” Domingo said. García, president of LULAC.
With this reward, LULAC’s intention is to attract “the attention of the nation” to this case. “We will not rest or let the investigation into the murder of this Army soldier become a cold (unsolved) case,” García stressed.
Vanessa Guillén Law
The activist leader showed LULAC’s support for security in the ranks of “our military service members”, an issue that is now possible thanks to the Vanessa Guillén law, “for which we fought to have it approved and won,” he highlighted. .
This Hispanic organization fought for the authorities to resolve the case of soldier Vanessa Guillén, murdered in 2020. A crime that caused important changes in the way complaints of harassment are investigated in the Army.
Soldier Dueñas received several medals
Katia Dueñas Aguilar was an information technology specialist and enlisted in the Army in 2018. She completed her basic training at Fort Eisenhower, Georgia, and had been stationed at Fort Campbell since 2019.
Katia Dueñas received several awards, including two Army Achievement Medals, the Army Good Conduct Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, and the Army Service Ribbon.
Román Palomares, president of LULAC’s National Military and Veterans Affairs Committee, said this organization “continues to advocate for the safety and rights of Latino military personnel and calls for comprehensive measures to protect service members from violence and wrongdoing.” conduct”.
García and Palomares asked anyone with relevant information about this case to contact the local police or the CID (the Army’s Criminal Investigation Division) to find the killer.
They ask the community for their collaboration
“We want the victim’s family and our community to know that LULAC is alert and urges anyone with information to come forward and speak without fear,” he stressed.
In that context, he recalled that sexual assault or harassment in military service (MST) is “a persistent problem unless we speak up and expose it wherever we see it.” EFE
Anyone with information about Dueñas Aguilar’s death should contact the Clarksville Police Department at 931-648-0656. The Clarksville Montgomery County Crime Stoppers anonymous tip line is 931-645-8477.
With information from EFE
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