This Colombian Model And Influencer Was Murdered And People Are Demanding Justice
22-year-old María José Estupiñán, who was a university student, was shot and killed in the northeastern city of Cúcuta by a person pretending to be a delivery man on May 15.
This Colombian model and influencer was murdered and people are demanding justice.
22-year-old María José Estupiñán, who was a university student, was shot and killed in the northeastern city of Cúcuta by a person pretending to be a delivery man on May 15.
The attacker had reportedly pretended to be delivering a gift to Estupiñán and shot her in the face when she went to greet him.
Police said that Estupiñán had previously reported her ex-boyfriend for domestic violence in 2018 and had just attended a hearing a day earlier.
The court had ordered her ex-boyfriend to pay her a compensation of 30 million pesos, or about US$7,000.
Police said they are treating the case as a possible femicide, which is the murder of a woman due to her gender.
Her murder sparked widespread outrage, with women’s rights groups saying that the government had failed to protect her even after she reported violence.
A woman is murdered every 28 hours in Colombia, according to local women’s rights group Mujer, Denuncia y Muévete, but estimates say the actual situation could be even worse.
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