translated from Spanish: Minister Zalaquett on carabinera murder: “It could be Norma or another woman”

This day the Minister of Women and Gender Equity, Monica Zalaquett, referred to the murder of the carabinera Norma Vásquez Soto that occurred in Linares and the only defendant imputed in the case, is also carabinero, Gary Valenzuela.La secretary of state stated that “these events cannot continue to happen in our country. We cannot understand that men of these characteristics have only one precautionary measure of estrangement: they are a danger to society. It could have been Norma or it could have been another woman (the victim).” These cases seem unacceptable to us and hurt deeply. We are accompanying Norma’s family, but we need the responsibilities to be clarified and reached to the end,” he added. When consulted by who failed to safeguard Vasquez’s integrity, Zalaquet noted that “clearly the necessary security that Norma required was not given”.” I insist: we find it hard to understand why a man of these characteristics had a measure of estrangement only,” he said. Finally, the Minister of Women stated that “we need to unlock the critical knots that exist today throughout the network built into both prevention and care; and we need to make progress on prevention”

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