One year after the death of Lisbeth Baquerizo, the family cries out for justice and for the investigation of femicide to be reactivated

Virginia Muñoz and Mario Baquerizo, Lisbeth Baquerizo’s parents, arrived this Tuesday morning outside the Albán Borja Judicial Complex with their youngest daughter and some relatives.

With posters in hand, they began to demand justice. They have done this dozens of times, but today is a particularly painful day for them. They remember the first year of the crime of their daughter, the 30-year-old girl who on December 21, 2020 was murdered in a house in Puerto Azul.

Although the crime was initially tried to be treated as an accident, by saying that Lisbeth had fallen down the stairs, days later it was discovered that the woman had been killed by blows to the head and that those wounds had been sealed with glue.

After almost eight months of the crime of Lisbeth Baquerizo, Interpol was just notified to capture her husband, the main suspect

The case shocked everyone a year ago when details were revealed of how the widower and his family had allegedly recreated a fake scene to convince Lisbeth’s parents that death was due to a fall.

The widower, identified as Luis H., has been a fugitive since December last year, his father and brother are also wanted by the Police for allegedly covering up the femicide.

In the case there are two open processes: one for femicide against the widower and another for procedural fraud (cover-up) against his relatives and the doctor who had provided the certificate they used to try to bury the woman.

Currently, the investigation for femicide is suspended until the widower is arrested, meanwhile, in the process for procedural fraud the diligence to take the testimonies has been postponed four times.

Lisbeth Baquerizo’s husband says they forced him to simulate falling down the stairs

There are 50 testimonies that must be received at the trial and the first one to take the stand is Mario Baquerizo.

Lisbeth’s father says that at this rate they will have to wait another year for a sentence to be obtained.

“Since August I have been waiting to give my testimony and nothing is postponed and postponed”; the man mentioned in a low voice while his wife shouted in front of the posters calling for justice and showing solidarity with the parents of the model Naomi Arcentales, whose death is being investigated by the Guayas Prosecutor’s Office to rule out a possible femicide. (I)