family members of the young woman (her mother Anabella Chacón and her sister Daniela), friends and social organizations departed in mobilization from the capital Plaza Obelisco throughout La Reforma avenue to the highest legal court in the country.
Participants ruled out in statements to the press that in Zacapa and Chiquimula has given the importance that the case deserves, which involves another young woman, María Fernanda Bonilla, the main suspect of the crime.
Daniela Palacios explained that during the last four years her family faced complicated scenarios (obstacles), because the process for her sister’s death was not evaluated as it should be.
“Not one less, justice for Melissa,” “He didn’t die, they killed her. Justice for Melissa », disclosed banners, while the people mentioned the slogan” We are all Melissa “and carried purple clothes.
Another peaceful protest in the same way occurred in Quetzaltenango, with posters of “Justice for Susana, for them we pray, violence we stop” or “There is no peace without justice.”
Palacios disappeared on July 4, 2021 in the municipality of San Jorge, Zacapa, and a day later his body appeared with multiple blows to the head, without a sentence to date.
Organizations have long warned of the co -optation of justice in Guatemala, its use as a weapon of political persecution and in retaliation against people who denounce corruption and defend human rights, among others.
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