Brazilian Jenife Socorro de Almeida da Silva, a 37-year-old medical student, was found dead last Wednesday (2) in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. Bolivian authorities investigate the case as femicide, having a 16 year old as the main suspect .
Death, according to the authorities, was caused by asphyxiation, information confirmed by the subsection of Santana of the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB-AP), which issued a note of regret and demanded rigorous investigation.
The 16 -year -old introduced himself to the police and is detained preventively at the Cenvicruz imprisonment Center. However, Jenife’s family and his lawyer, Cicero Bordalo Jr., question this version.
“The minor arrived at the police, identified himself as an author and is seized, but we know that he is not the author of the fact, because his statement was totally disconnected with what the police found in the victim’s apartment,” said Bordalo Jr.
The lawyer also criticizes the Bolivian police for not examining DNA in a condom at the crime scene, raising doubts about the authorship of the adolescent, whose testimony is inconsistent. He suspects the involvement of an ex-boyfriend and a possible “intellectual author” manipulating the case.
The lawyer seeks to prevent the cremation of the body to preserve evidence and requested the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MRE) expertise of cadaverous exhumation in Brazil. Bordalo Jr. reported that a request against cremation and repatriation will be filed with Itamaraty.
MRE said it was in contact with the family, providing consular assistance, but clarified that the transfer of remains is not funded by public resources.
Jenife, divorced and mother of two, was in Bolivia to finish her medical background after returning to the country just over two months. Family and colleagues started a fundraising campaign to assist the family.
A peaceful act in memory of Jenife took place last Tuesday (8) in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia and with another demonstration in Santana (AP), in Brazil.
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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 sympathize with the victim’s family and friends, and join the collective cry for justice, demanding from Brazilian and Bolivian authorities a quick, transparent and rigorous investigation, with the proper responsibility of those involved,” says the note. Exteriors to avoid 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.
In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs says it is in contact with Jenife’s relatives.
This content was originally published in a 16 -year -old is suspected of the death of a Brazilian student in Bolivia on the CNN Brazil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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