A routine vehicle search by the National Police in the northwestern municipality of Esperanza may have saved the life of Albania Sosa. Listin Diario reports that the Police arrested Edwin Reyes who is accused of violently pushing his wife into the trunk of his vehicle to stop her from reporting him at the Gender Violence Department of the Santiago District Attorney office on Tuesday, 19 February. The couple had an appointment at the department that day. The Police search of the vehicle resulted in Sosa, who was showing signs of asphixia, being rescued. She said she tried to take public transportation but he forced her into the vehicle to stop her from going to the appointment.