He said judges put at risk to women when they no longer free to aggressors

Assistant for women's Affairs, Roxanna Reyes, general attorney said that there were shortcomings in the judiciary to punish violence against women, to consider that many attackers are released with ease.

He said despite the fact that there are thousands of complaint now believed that less than 200 men are imprisonment for domestic violence, although he stressed that they are doing an uprising to get the figure exact.

"We have to ensure that the judges understand what level of risk in that they put a woman victim of violence when sum ease, after that a woman had been assaulted, the aggressor put a financial guarantee, regular or assistance to the behavioural Centre," said Kings to be interviewed on the program Tele 15.

A trial judge, judges must not disassociate itself from what the Constitution empowers them is to solve the problem, in addition to u000abe judges.

Said that it is right that when a woman denounces aggression and his life is in danger, her assailants they you ordered preventive detention, "but we have a code guaranteeing that gives a marguen discretion judges".

Said that there are cases, even, that the judges leave offenders without financial guarantee free and "the lives of these women depend on the decision of a judge".

put a woman in San Cristobal who denounced a court that it was being assaulted and that, if the perpetrator was left at liberty, it is only as an example. Two days later the man was left free and killed.

Against this background, Reyes said expect that gradually judges is go engaging more with cases of violence domestic.

Said that more than 200 women lost their lives in the past five years and of those more than 80 percent did the complaint in the u000aProsecutor.

Roxana Kings addressed the issue that this November 25 marks the day of No violence against women, which will be this Wednesday at 4: 00 in the afternoon a walk starting from km 0 at Mirador South until the Attorney General of the Republic.

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