The National Police of the Jaén municipality of Linares has taken declaration as a victim of gender violence to the mother of two year old boy murdered allegedly by the woman’s partner this Thursday.
Sources close to the investigation have confirmed that the Family and Women Care Unit (UFAM) has taken a statement from him in that condition. Dozens of people gathered this Friday morning outside the doors of City Hall. Linares for show your “pain and anger” for the death of little Cristian as a result of a head injury.
The person who caused the injuries would allegedly be his mother’s partner, already detained, who had numerous antecedents police and had been released from prison four months ago. Before the minute of silence, the authorities have called for unity and institutional collaboration to eradicate this scourge.
The Minister of Social Inclusion and Equality, Loles López, reported this Friday that the mother was user of the Andalusian Women’s Institute (IAM) “for years,” although he later resigned his services. This is a case that has been confirmed by the Government Delegation against Gender Violence and that would be the third of vicarious violence in Andalusia, of the total of nine in Spain so far this year.
Vicarious violence is a type of sexist violence that is used to harm and control womenin many cases when they have taken the step of separating. Since 2019, the Ministry of the Interior has evaluated the risk to which minor children of women victims of gender violence are exposed and has detected 5,566 children at risk to suffer this violence.
He 016 cares for all victims of sexist violence 24 hours a day and in 52 different languagesas well as the email [email protected]; Assistance is also provided through WhatsApp through the number 600 000 016, and minors can contact the ANAR Foundation telephone number 900 20 20 10.
In an emergency situation you can call 112 or the telephone numbers of the National Police (091) and Civil Guard (062), and if you cannot call you can use the ALERTCOPS applicationfrom which an alert signal is sent to the Police with geolocation.