translated from Spanish: Femicide in Formosa: a retired policeman murdered his ex-partner and committed suicide

Mirna Elizabeth Palma, a 44-year-old rural teacher, was shot by her former partner, Carlos Medina, a retired 57-year-old cop. It happened in the province of Formosa in the town of Estanislao del Campo, department of Patiño.Palma was killed yesterday around 20.30 a shot in his face executed by his ex-partner, who took his own life at the place after committing femicide.

Carlos Medina, former partner of Mirna

According to early information, the couple would have discussed minutes prior to the brutal crime. The complaint was made by the neighbors who after hearing the gunfire called the provincial police. When police arrived at the site, he found himself on the verdict of the home with Medina’s lifeless body who shot himself in the sien with a .32-caliber weapon, the same one with which he murdered his ex-partner.

Address where femicide was committed, in Juan Bautista Alberdi street of the Falklands neighborhood, of Estanislao del Campo, Formosa

Upon entering the property, the troops found the body of the woman who had a bullet hole in her face. According to forensic police sources, Medina had no previous allegations of gender-based violence: “There is no settled history on the part of the victim, neither of physical or verbal violence,” they explained to La Mañana Online.

Mirna Elizabeth Palma, was a rural teacher. I was 44 years old.

The Legal Counsel of Teachers of Formosa dedicated a post to Mirna on her Facebook: “Today we mourn an excellent colleague, because of a MISERABLE COBARDE who never learned to respect a woman’s decision.”

Original source in Spanish