Baskadia

Colombia registers a new atrocious tragedy of violence against women in the department of Chocó. The victim is Inelcina Tapia Guevara, 34, who is struggling between life and death after her partner inflicted 14 violent machete blows on her while she slept. This brutal act of violence occurred during the early hours of Thursday 20 October in the village of Guaitado, Chirriqui, jurisdiction of the municipality of Lloró, department of Chocó. According to preliminary reports she received 14 stab wounds to different parts of her body. Despite the seriousness of the wounds, the woman survived the attack, seriously wounded in the flesh, and is now fighting between life and death in an intensive care clinic in the capital of Chocó. The perpetrator was identified as Luis Antonio Bejarano, the victim's partner, with whom she has three children. Witnesses told the authorities that the woman was sleeping when they heard the screams and when they reached the other room they saw the assailant attacking I. with a machete. Upon sensing the presence of the neighbours, the assailant ran out of the window and threw himself through it. The woman suffered multiple wounds to her head, loss of her right hand, wounds to her left hand and arm, back, right leg and several mortal wounds. Her limbs were even amputated. The authorities have not captured the assailant, who is a fugitive from justice. This crime generated outrage in the department of Chocó because of the severity of the victim's injuries. Doctors fear her death because the woman was totally disfigured by her cruel assailant.