Despite the “cacerolazo” of justice for the femicide of Nidia Arango, which occurred on September 24, 2023 in the Simón Bolívar neighborhood of Valledupar, her alleged murderer, Francisco Javier Bornacelly, the victim’s romantic partner, He was released due to expiration of terms.
This decision was flatly rejected by the deceased’s relatives.who demand justice and showed their annoyance with the judicial bodies for not advancing in the preparatory hearing and oral trial that they required.
“How can I be feeling? A man who killed her, cut her throat and was going to dismember her, justice lets himself be bought‘. His lawyer paid the judges to do nothing, to cancel the hearings that were needed. The sit-in was of no use, they gave them money, as we didn’t have. I have irony and anger,” were the words of Yolima, the victim’s mother, showing her nonconformity with Bornacelly’s freedom.
Likewise, the mother of the deceased, assured that, from the Valledupar district prison, the Permanent Central Police, Francisco Javier had sent him to tell her that now that he came out “he was going for five heads”, including hers.for which she mentioned that “she is waiting for him to take hers, just as he did with his daughter.”
Precisely, On June 5, family, friends and acquaintances of Nidia Arango took over the facilities of the Valledupar Courthouse in order to demand justice and prevent Bornacelly’s freedom..
It is worth mentioning that, according to the progress of the investigation, Francisco caused the death of his partner after an argument, He told a family member what happened and subsequently fled. He was captured some time later in the Las Marinas neighborhood of the Camarones district, jurisdiction of Riohacha, La Guajira.
