Brazil remains shocked the violent murder of the Venezuelan artist Julieta Hernández Martínez38-year-old who was found dead on the bank of a river on Friday after being sexually raped, hanged and buried.
The body of the Venezuelan woman was found last Friday after a two-week search on the outskirts of the city of Presidente Figueiredo, the civil police of the Brazilian state of Amazonas confirmed.
Those responsible for the femicide have been identified by the authorities Deliomara dos Anjos Santos, 29, and Thiago Agles da Silva (32).
As the person in charge of the Interactive Police Station (DIP, acronym in Portuguese) explained, it all started when Da Silva tried to steal the artist's cell phone. She resisted, they fought back, he strangled her, threw her to the ground and asked Deliomara to bind his feet.
“He then dragged her into the house, told his wife to turn off the lights and began sexually abusing the victim.”said Commissioner Valdinei Silva.
After the woman witnessed the incident, the agent said, He doused both of them with alcohol and set them on fire.. Da Silva managed to put out the fire with a damp cloth and went to a hospital for medical care. Meanwhile, his wife hanged the young woman with a rope and then buried her in the backyard.
The authorities explained this at the press conference The victim was found thanks to a report from a neighbor who saw parts of a bicycle and called the police. Now the detainees must answer for the crimes of hiding a corpse, robbery and rape.
The Venezuelan artist Julieta Hernández lived in São Paulo for several years.where she was part of the feminist collective “Circo di SóLadies”, a theater group in which she performed as Payasa Jujuba.
The case sparked a wave of outrage across the country and in the United States Venezuela, from which “exemplary punishment” is demanded for the murder of the young woman. Both the group Hernández belonged to and others have called for protests against what happened.