Cordoba.- Companions and friends Camila “China” Merlo, a 26-year-old mother and sex worker, They went out yesterday, Tuesday, to demand justice crime. His remains were identified several days after they were found at two different times: a dog led him to a house in which Villa Urquiza A A suitcase containing a human thigh, and later several other parts, appeared in a nearby trench.
The dramatic story began to repeat itself on Sunday, the 16th of this month, when the owner of a house located at 3100 Andalusia Street, in Villa Urquiza – she and her partner were police officers – called the police after her pet arrived with the bag containing human remains that, at first glance, appeared human. A. was seen tattoo. Later the other parts appeared.
The case was taken up by the public prosecutor Eugenia Perez Moreno, Who ordered the corresponding expert reports. Last Monday, investigators were able to identify the victim. Merlo was in Poor placement and no fixed address. He had arrived in this city from within the governorate a few months ago.
Blanca MendozaShe, from the Cordoba branch of the Association of Prostitutes in Argentina (Amar), the union that brings together sex workers, said at a rally last night: “Camila was a woman, a mother, a sister and a sex worker. And again we are here demanding justice. We go out to work and don’t know if we will come back.”“.
There are no identified suspects in the murder of “China” Merlo; Her friends maintain that she was not the victim of a score-settling, but they also do not have data that would allow justice to be guided by what could have happened.
It was not known that the young woman was in a relationship. There is also no indication in his networks that he had any permanent personal contact.
Merlo’s mother, Moira, reported that her daughter was having trouble Drug abuse problems. “I always wanted to help her, but I didn’t have the resources. I asked the system for help, but I was always alone.”, He said. He stressed that he never imagined that he would die this way. He stressed: “I will demand justice every day.”
Last July, another young woman was dismembered in Cordoba. Two men will be tried for murder of brenda torres, A young woman whose remains were found in different areas of the city. The accused are Christian Alexis Aranda and Gustavo Martin Lencinawho were detained.
Torres, who was 24 years old and had drug problems, was, the investigation determined, on the case “Private vulnerability and inequality” In front of the murders of their women. At the meeting that was there Torres was first beaten for drug use, and after seeing her dead, they dismembered her body.
Another similar case is that of Milagro Bastos, a 22-year-old girl, whose body was found in the apartment’s closet. Horacio Grassoa former police officer who was serving house arrest for the murder of a child.
Milagros, the mother of a minor, has been missing for nearly a year since her relatives last saw her when a man took her away and promised to go “sell churros.”
Nearly three years ago, on December 5, 2022, Anahi Polnisa 36-year-old teacher and sex worker has disappeared. She was also killed and dismembered. for that crime, Santiago Campos Matos was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2024.
Before the femicides, Campos had Matos A sexual encounter with Bullnis in exchange for money. DNA evidence, security camera photos, and records found on the defendant’s computer They were key to reaching the conviction.