From January to August 2025 at least 48 women of a population of 11 million were murdered by their spouses or former spouses, according to data from the Ministry of Interior and Police. Of those, 36 deaths were categorized as intimate feminicides because of the direct ties between the victim and aggressor, as reported in Diario Libre. The data was shared during the Monday, 4 August 2025, meeting of the members of the follow up committee for the Citizen Security Plan, with the participation of Vice President Raquel Peña.
During the meeting, Minister of Interior and Police, Faride Raful said that her office, working closely with the Attorney General Office would implement a new nationwide initiative to combat feminicides. The focus will be on prevention and comprehensive actions. She also announced the creating of a Comprehensive Center for Mental Health for members of the Armed Forces under the coordination of the Ministry of Defense.
Raful says that eight of the recent femicides were carried out by military or police officers – four of the Police and four were members of the Armed Forces.
She said that only 20% of the conflicts had previously been reported by the victims to the authorites.
Also, eight of the aggressors committed suicide and two were executed by members of the community after the aggression.
“When a woman is killed, all mothers are killed, all the women who live in this country,” said Raful.
She also said that the accumulated homicide rate is at 8.27 per 100,000 inhabitants. She said there is a decline in thefts, with 47,716 claims so far this year, compared to 51,973 in 2024 and 58,018 in 2023.
Feminicides appear to be epidemic in Latin America. Reports are that in Colombia, with a population of 52 million, there were 427 feminicides through June. In Chile, with a population of 19 million, there were 153 feminicides through the first half of the year. Peru registers 78 feminicides with a population of 34 million for the same time period.
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6 August 2025