She killed her 15 year old daughter because she didn’t like her friends: “Sorry, it was a moment of anger” | the Chronicle

A minor under the age of 15, identified as Gladimar del Carmen Ramos Flores, was killed by her own father when the drunken man in the middle of an argument shot her in the head.

The femicide occurred last Sunday evening, in the Venezuelan municipality of Zamora located in the state Aragua. According to police sources, it all started early in the day when Glauco José Ramos Rangel saw her daughter walk past her house, talking to a group of girls who they were not to his liking.

Rangel then decided to approach the girl to question your friendships. A brewer by profession, Rangel has alcohol problems and testimonies have confirmed that I had been drinking since the morning, so he was already intoxicated. Ignoring her father’s complaints, the victim left the house.

The young woman returned at night to the residence, where her father again started a discussion about the company he frequented. Gladimar defended her friendships and assured her father that she was not doing anything wrong. The teenager’s mother, Carmen Edilia Flores Correa, he interposed between them, already knowing the character of his partner. Confirmed neighbors News of the day than the 45-year-old “he gets angry every time he drinks“, so Carmen tried to separate them before the conflict escalated.

Unfortunately, this is exactly what happened. In the middle of a fight, and taking advantage of the fact that the young woman was turning her back to him to leave the room, Rangel took out his .38 revolver and shot his daughter in the head. The young woman died instantly.

The sound of the gunshot alerted the neighbors of the family, who rushed to call the police. Fear, Rangel tried to run away at the scene of the crime, but was reached within hours by Aragua police and arrested. The latonero was payable to the 15th Prosecutor’s Office of the Venezuelan Public Prosecutor’s Office after acknowledging the facts. While assuming his responsibility, he repeatedly said that the murder “it was a moment of rage, I didn’t want to kill her“.

177 feminicides were registered in Venezuela in the first half of 2021

As in the rest of Latin America, to Venezuela gender-based violence is a pandemic for which there is still no vaccine. As reported by the NGO Justice and Peace Center (Cepaz), between January and August of this year, they recorded at least 177 feminicides in the country, according to media monitoring.

“Although there is a broad regulatory framework that recognizes women’s rights, in practice they are still victims various acts that violate their human rights, including gender-based violence, the highest expression of which is femicide“, Said the NGO in its press release.