Brazilian student is killed in Bolivia; Suspected is of femicide

Brazilian Jenife Silva, 37, was found dead last Wednesday (2), in the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. According to information from the Bolivian authorities, confirmed by the social networks of the Santana, Amapá Subsection, of the Brazilian Bar Association, she was the victim of femicide.

The victim, who was a medical student, was in the country ending the procedures for his academic background. The OAB-AP expressed regret and repudiation of the brutal murder of the young woman.

“We are sympathetic to the victim’s family and friends, and joins the collective cry for justice, demanding from Brazilian and Bolivian authorities a quick, transparent and rigorous investigation, with due liability of those involved,” says the note.

Lawyer Cicero Bordalo Jr., chairman of the state’s femicide combat committee, reported on Monday (7), through his social networks, that a request will be filed with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to not be made the cremation of the victim’s body.

He also says that he will contact Itamaraty and the Brazilian embassy in Bolivia to speed up the repatriation of Jenifer’s body. He also requested that the expertise of cadaveric exhumation be held in Brazil.

THE CNN He sought the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and awaits return.

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Source: CNN Brasil

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