The last time Rosa Mayerly Olaya Coronado He left his house to complete another day of work in the home goods store where was it five years linkedin Soacha. There was nothing to suggest that this place, where for months she had endured the insistent presence of a man who did not accept “no” for an answer, would end up becoming the crime scene that the police are investigating today. Office of the Attorney General of the Nation as an aggravated femicide.
The reconstruction that the accusing body made during the indictment hearing does not begin on Sunday, July 12, when the woman was attacked with a knife. It starts five months before.
Rosa Mayerly, victim of femicide. Photo:Social networks.
It was in February this year when Oscar Giovanny Marulanda came for the first time commercial establishment where he worked Rosa Mayerly. There he met her and, according to the investigation, he told her that he wanted to start a romantic relationship with her. The woman’s response was clear. I wasn’t interested.
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For anyone else, the conversation would have ended there. For the Prosecutor’s Office, however, that was the starting point of a behavior which, as the months passed, was escalating until it becomes a permanent siege.
The researchers maintain that, after this rejection, Marulanda began to frequent the warehouse with the intention of looking for her. These were not casual encounters. According to the material evidence collected by the accusing body, the man He insisted on approaching Rosa Mayerly despite the fact that she had already expressed to him that she did not want to establish any romantic relationship.
Rosa Mayerly, victim of femicide. Photo:Social networks / It’s not time to be silent.
As the weeks passed, the situation was no longer limited to the workplace. The Prosecutor’s Office documented that the woman began to be followed and harassed. The behavior attributed to the defendant today reached a level that forced him to ask for help. In two times, the National Police had to intervene to guarantee that Rosa Mayerly could return to her home without being chased.
The accompaniments occurred after their work day. The uniformed officers took her from the warehouse to her residence with the purpose of preventing new episodes of harassment. The investigation also established specific dates that show how the siege continued to grow.
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On May 10, according to the file, Marulanda arrived at the home of Rosa Mayerly’s mother to look for her and intimidate her. Less than a month later, on June 5, he did it again.
This time he went to the house of the victim’s former romantic partner. According to the Prosecutor’s Office, he again tried to find her. For the investigating entity, these movements show that the persecution was no longer limited to the warehouse where she worked. The man, according to the judicial hypothesis, He looked for Rosa Mayerly in different spaces of his personal lifeeven in the homes of people close to her.
During the hearing, the prosecutor explained that all of these events are part of the context of gender violence that surrounded the crime. It was not just a sentimental insistence. For the accusing body, the woman’s refusal was the trigger for obsessive behavior.
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“The aggression that you carried out against her was due to the fact that not wanting to have a romantic relationship with youwhich generated a obsession“said the prosecutor during the judicial proceedings.
In his speech, the representative of the Prosecutor’s Office maintained that the defendant’s behavior grew until he became Rosa Mayerly at the center of a permanent persecution.
“You saw her as a goal, as a purpose. You almost saw her as an object of your property, every time you searched for her, harassed her, followed her and harassed her,” added the delegate of the accusing body.
IT IS NOT TIME TO BE SILENT Photo:Mauricio León / EL TIEMPO Archive
The prosecutor insisted that the investigation places the case within a scenario of violence exercised against a woman precisely because of her condition as a woman.
As explained during the hearing, the defendant today took advantage of the obvious inequality of strength that existed between the two and the advantage that carrying a sharp weapon. “She was in helpless condition. Beyond being able to struggle with you, he could not safeguard your life or your integrity,” said the judicial official. five months later After that first encounter, the chase ended in the same place where it had begun.
The attack
He Sunday, July 12, around 3:15 p.m., Oscar Giovanny Marulanda re-entered the chain warehouse where Rosa Mayerly he completed his work day.
For the Prosecutor’s Office, he did not get there by chance.
The investigating entity maintains that the man entered the establishment determined to look for the woman again that for months he had rejected any approach. “Finally, this was reflected with his presence in said commercial establishment, approaching her at work and in her environment, in order for her to have a romantic relationship with you, even when she did not want to,” stated the prosecutor.
Oscar Giovanny Marulanda Photo:Prosecutor’s Office
The following seconds were marked by the violence. According to the research, Marulanda pulled out a knife and attacked Rosa Mayerly. The Prosecutor’s Office indicated that the woman received four wounds. The attack occurred inside the commercial establishment, in front of other people who were in the place. The assault ended as quickly as it began. Seriously injured, Rosa Mayerly was helped while several people alerted the authorities.
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Rosa Mayerly was transferred immediately in a National Police patrol Cardiovascular Hospital of Cundinamarca, in Soacha. The medical staff tried to stabilize her and treat her injuries. However, the severity of the injuries made it impossible to save his life.
🚨 Alleged person responsible for the feminicide of a woman in Soacha is sent to prison.
The Prosecutor’s Office reported that a judge sent Óscar Giovanny Marulanda to a prison center, accused of murdering a warehouse worker in Soacha.
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While she was being taken to the healthcare center, the reaction of the uniformed officers allowed capture the alleged aggressor in flagrante delicto.
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The Soacha Metropolitan Police left it at the disposal of the Attorney General’s Officewhich in the following hours presented the material evidence collected up to that moment to request its judicialization.
The audience
The case was taken over by a prosecutor from the Immediate Reaction Unit (URI) of Cundinamarca.
During the hearing, the prosecuting body maintained that the investigation allowed it to be established that the crime could not be analyzed as an isolated event that occurred within a commercial establishment, but rather as the outcome of persecution behavior which lasted for several months.
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For the Prosecutor’s Office, the following, the harassment, the searches in different places and the permanent insistence demonstrated that the defendant never accepted Rosa Mayerly’s decision not to start a romantic relationship.
In that context, The representative of the prosecuting body charged Óscar Giovanny Marulanda with the crime of aggravated femicide. The man did not accept the charges.
After listening to the arguments of the Prosecutor’s Office, a criminal guarantee control judge decided to impose a security measure on him in a prison while the judicial process progresses.
The decision was supported by the elements presented by the Prosecutor’s Office, which maintains that the defendant’s behavior was preceded by a pattern of gender violence.
Bunker building of the Attorney General’s Office Photo:Jesus Blanquicet. EL TIEMPO Archive
During the hearing, the prosecutor insisted that the attack was not due to an occasional argument or a chance encounter. “It was due to the fact that not wanting to have a romantic relationship with you“, the official reiterated when explaining the reason that, according to the investigation, triggered the attack.
For the accusing body, the behavior attributed to Marulanda shows that the victim’s rejection was replaced by control and persecution behavior.
The investigation maintains that the man was not only looking for her at the place where she worked, but also went to the home of her mother and her former partner with the purpose of finding her.
In the opinion of the Prosecutor’s Office, this sequence allows us to understand why the feminicide did not begin on Sunday, July 12, but months before, when the woman stated that she did not want to establish a romantic relationship and the defendant today decided to ignore that decision.
It’s not time to be silent Photo:It’s not time to be silent
After learning of the crime, the mayor of Soacha, Julián Sánchez ‘Perico’confirmed the capture of the alleged perpetrator and announced institutional support for Rosa Mayerly’s family.
“I have asked the Secretariat of Social Development of our city to provide full support to the victim’s family and the authorities to expedite the judicialization process,” said the president.
The municipal administration reported that this corresponds to the first case of feminicide registered in Soacha during 2026.
The mayor also asked that the case do not remain in impunity. “In Soacha we will not tolerate any type of violence against our women nor will we allow it to go unpunished. We request the full weight of the law for this aggressor”, he expressed.
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While the criminal process progresses, the investigation will continue with the collection of new evidence and testimonies to fully clarify what happened.
Until now, the Prosecutor’s hypothesis maintains that the crime was preceded by five months of harassment.
The sequence that the accusing body reconstructed begins in Februarywhen Rosa Mayerly refused to start a romantic relationship with Óscar Giovanny Marulanda. Continue with the follow-ups, Police accompaniments to protect it when leaving work, searches in the his mother’s home and that of his former partnerand concludes the July 12when the man entered the warehouse where she worked and, according to the investigation, the attacked with a knife. That is the timeline on which the Prosecutor’s Office built the accusation for aggravated femicide and the request for security measure in prison.
CAROL MALAVER
DEPUTY EDITOR BOGOTÁ SECTION
Write to us at carmal@eltiempo.com
