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A Colombian woman, 36 years old, She was murdered by her ex-partner in the United States. The events occurred in Houston, Texas, during the night of last Tuesday, June 4. However, the family found out about his feminicide just on the afternoon of this Wednesday, June 5.
The murderer of the woman, identified as Angela Martinez, He was also a Colombian citizen living in the United States. The subject, with whom she had two children, ages 6 and 14, summoned her to meet near the house where she lived.
According to information from El Ojo de la Noche, from Noticias Caracol, although they had separated some time ago, they maintained a constant dialogue about their children. Martínez got to the point where her ex-partner summoned her. There, the subject shot him several times with a firearm. Then he took his own life.
“My cousin met her ex-partner there in Houston. “He shot him three times and then he killed himself.”, a relative of the victim told Noticias Caracol. This has been a common pattern in femicide cases that have occurred in the country in the last week: after the man murders his former romantic partner, he attempts suicide.
It happened in the case of Stephanie Barranco, who was murdered by her ex-partner at the Santa Fe Shopping Center in Bogotá. That time, the subject survived the suicide attempt. In the case of the 25-year-old girl who was killed by her ex-husband in the municipality of Tausa, Cundinamarcathe man was taken to a healthcare center, but he died there.
The suffering of the family
The relationship that Ángela Martínez had with her former romantic partner was stormy. Apparently, the man had been mistreating her since they lived in Colombian territory. That led to their subsequent separation from her. But both, seeking to give a better quality of life to their children, migrated to the United States.
Most of Ángela Martínez’s family settled in that country. There were few who remained in Colombia. The latter now, in addition to the pain of loss, face a problem: raising the money for the repatriation of the woman’s body.
According to information published in Infobae, the repatriation of a body can cost between 11 and 30 million pesos, depending on the country of origin. For this reason, Angela’s relatives ask the authorities for help to support them.
On the one hand, they seek help to bring the woman’s body. On the other hand, they should help them so that one of the cousins who migrated with Angela can return with the woman’s two children to Colombian territory, where they will be in the care of their relatives and can have emotional support to cope with this difficult situation.
