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Colombia: Kidnap, Rape & Murder of 7-Year-Old Girl Sparks Protests

HeadlineDec 07, 2016

In Colombia, authorities have arrested a man suspected of kidnapping, raping and murdering a 7-year-old indigenous girl over the weekend, in a brutal case of sexual violence that has sparked widespread outrage in Colombia. On Tuesday, authorities charged an upper-class architect with the kidnap and murder of Yuliana Andrea Samboni. The crime has sparked ongoing protests. On Monday, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos tweeted, in Spanish, “With profound indignation I condemn the crime against the 7-year-old in Bogotá. #NiUnaMás,” or “not one more,” the hashtag used across Latin America to condemn violence against women.

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