Agents of the Almería Civil Guard continue the investigation to determine if the death of a 56-year-old woman On Friday October 4, in Roquetas de Mar, there was a case of gender-based violence. The delegate of the Spanish government in Andalusia, Pedro Fernández, during a tribute event in El Ejido, confirmed this morning that “the detainee was his partner and that this Sunday he regained consciousness.”
The inmate, a 72-year-old man, had attempted suicide after allegedly stabbing the woman he died of serious injuries. “The doctors certified that the agents could take a statement at the hospital where he is,” he said. The man, according to initial indications, had attempted suicide by taking different medications, which led to his admission to a hospital in Almería.
“Everything indicates that we are facing a case of gender violence which would be number 8 in Andalusia“, it was transferred to the Government Delegation against Gender Violence, which is the one that ultimately, with the information collected by the command of the Civil Guard of Almería, will determine whether we are facing a new case or not” , explained Fernández.
Regarding the basic information contained in the investigation, which shows that the woman had reported the person investigated in 2021 and 2023 although the case was inactive in the Viogen system, the delegate confirmed this point and indicated that “there were no active measures within the system.
“Everything that happened before must be seen and analyzed in great detail. THE measures that could have been decreed“, the measures which may have existed from a judicial point of view, their validity, the risk levels,… all this is part, logically, of the analysis and study which must be carried out by the Delegation against the gender violence,” he said. added.
Fernández once again lamented the loss of the woman to the puncture wounds what it looked like when it was found. Thus, he conveyed the institutional “condolences and affection” to the relatives of the deceased and to the residents of Roquetas de Mara, who “suffered a hard blow in terms of gender violence.”
Confirmed as gender-based violence
The Minister of Equality, Ana Redondo García, and the government delegate against gender violence, Carmen Martínez Perza, expressed their most sincere feelings. absolute condemnation and rejection of this sexist murder and they convey all their support to the families and friends of the victims. Both the minister and the delegate ask for all efforts from institutions, administrations and society as a whole to arrive on time and avoid more deaths.
The president of the Junta de Andalucía, Juanma Morenodescribed as “devastating” the crime confirmed as gender violence in Roquetas del Mar (Almería), and assured that gender violence is a “scourge that continues to kill.” Likewise, the Minister of Social Inclusion, Youth, Family and Equality, Loles López, condemned, on behalf of the Andalusian Government, the murder of the 56-year-old woman from Almería. In a statement, López said he was “dismayed and hurt” by this new case of gender-based violence and regretted “these tragic, harsh and intolerable events.”
Protest rallies
The El Zapillo senior residence, in the capital of Almería, will host a tribute event this Tuesday in memory of Nieves Gamarrathe woman was allegedly murdered by her romantic partner, who worked as an employee in said center dependent on the Department of Social Inclusion of the Junta de Andalucía.
“From here, our absolute most rejection of sexist murder of our colleague Nieves Gamarra last week in Roquetas de Mar”, they transferred from the residence itself through social networks. The event, scheduled to begin at 11:30 a.m., will bring together institutional representatives of the central government and of the Junta de Andalucía, at least.
Likewise, the Town Hall of Roquetas de Mar, where the woman lived, also plans to organize a memorial service for the deceased and against sexist violence at the doors of the aforementioned town hall at 10:30 a.m. Prior to these appointments, the Almería Feminist Action Platform and the CCOO union, to which the woman was affiliated, called for a rally this Monday afternoon, at 7:30 p.m., at the Mirador de la Rambla in the capital, to express their rejection of violence.
