The Attorney General’s Office opened an investigation against the cartoonist Julio César González Quicenoknown as ‘Matador‘, for a series of publications made last weekend against Ana Lucía Pineda Aruachanwife of the President of the Republic.
The judicial action was initiated ex officioafter the accusing entity identified possible conduct related to violence against women in the messages spread by the cartoonist.
“It opens automatically because it is a matter of possible violence against women“, said the Prosecutor’s Office.
He file was left in the hands of a prosecutor attached to Gender-Based Violence Groupwhich will be in charge of establishing whether the publications constitute the alleged crime of aggravated insult.
Julio César Gonzalez, ‘Matador’. Photo:Jaime Moreno / EL TIEMPO
The decision of the Prosecutor’s Office opens a judicial scenario around the expressions disclosed by ‘Matador‘and its eventual criminal scope.
At this stage, The investigation must determine the contentthe context and circumstances in which the publications were made, as well as establish if elements exist that allow the criminal conduct under investigation to be configured.
He crime of insultcontemplated in the article 220 of the Colombian Penal Code, sanctions dishonorable accusations made against another person.
Prosecutor’s Office Headquarters Photo:Investigative Unit
The opening of the investigation does not imply a declaration of criminal responsibility against Gonzalez Quiceno. This is a preliminary phase in which the Prosecutor’s Office must collect material evidence and establish whether there are grounds to advance towards other procedural actions.
For now, the actions of the Prosecutor’s Office focuses on determining whether the messages posted by the cartoonist over the weekend can have criminal consequences by aggravated injurywithin the line of research related to gender-based violence.
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