The mayor of Cartagena attacked the press in the middle of the event

Friday, February 10, during the commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the “Massacre de l’Horloge”, where four women were murdered, including two minors. He mayor of cartagena William Dau, He attacked the press.

The president of Cartagena got angry after journalists questioned him about the alleged mastermind of this femicide multiple, a name he did not want to reveal. “I am the official voice of what? Don’t play fagot, you know very well who he is and if you don’t say so, I don’t care. What you’re looking for is to make noise, you know that very well.” William voiced.

I speak as a citizen who found out, as a person who read the file, go do the same. Look for the press, but the whole world is scared to death that the media must be fronts,” Dau added.

In the midst of this embarrassing situation, where the Senator Angelica Lozano, who was asked by reporters about the mayor’s reaction and his opinion if it was an attack on the media, especially the women who were there. In her response, the senator replied that she did not know the context of the aforementioned murder and the situation with Dau.

“I don’t have the context of the allegation of the possible perpetrator and determinant of the crime, I don’t have the context,” Lozano said, evading the question.

Questioned several times, the MP replied: “He has a complaint against male and female journalists, I don’t know, I came to the Clock Tower because four women were murdered 20 years ago. “

It is important to remember that the so-called “Clock Tower Massacre” occurred on February 13, 2003 at 12:15 a.m., at this site in the historic center, when a subject approached in Betsevit, Lourdes, Ofelia and Hendy, those who prostituted themselves and shot them.

At the time, it was known that two men had arrived on a motorcycle and parked it in the Camellón de los Mártires. One of them came down, approached the women who were sitting on the benches and murdered them.

The commemorative event aims to maintain the collective memory of the community of Cartagena to prevent such events from happening again.

One of the representatives of the Empoderame Foundation, Wendy Vivero, said of this commemoration: “Our Corralito de piedra welcomes us to raise our voices for all women silenced, raped and murdered. They will not be forgotten, we don’t want any more women victims of violence, we don’t want any more feminicides, we want justice!”

Finally, Mayor Dau, minutes before his attack on the media, said that:“It has been 20 years since the massacre of these four women, they were shot at close range, they were sitting on benches. We wanted to call this before these 20 years are up, we ask the judge and the prosecution that this crime be declared a crime against humanity, that it not be prescribed, and that it continue until the murderer could be in prison.

The Sixth Municipal Criminal Judge of Cartagena issued a contempt incident judgment against the mayor Guillaume Dau, What He was sanctioned with 20 days of arrest and a fine of 20 legal minimum monthly wages in force.

Judge Alfredo Mercado explained that the decision was made because the mayor of Cartagena did not respect the order of the guardianship judgment of January 24 in which Andy Reales was ordered to be reinstated as Mayor 2 Virgin City and City Tourist.

For the judge, Dau incurred contempt Therefore, in addition to the sanction of arrest, the mayor of Cartagena must deposit the value of the fine in the court’s account at the Banco Popular, under the heading: “Fines and sureties”.