Zulia police arrest four for alleged violence against women

Four individuals were detained in the Maracaibo and Colón municipalities of Zulia state for their alleged involvement in physical and psychological violence against women, according to the Bolivarian Police Corps.

In the first incident, 19-year-old Adrián David Salas Ybarra was arrested in the Mi Esperanza neighborhood after a 14-year-old girl reported physical and psychological abuse by her partner. The case was referred to the 35th Prosecutor's Office of the Public Ministry.

A second operation in the Chiquinquirá parish led to the arrest of Jesús José Charry González, 54, and Elizabeth Coromoto Montiel, 49, following reports of physical and verbal aggression against an 18-year-old woman. A third suspect involved in this incident managed to flee.

In the Colón municipality, Romes Javier Cadenas Ávila, 33, was apprehended in the Santa Bárbara parish. Police officers reportedly witnessed him physically assaulting a woman by pulling her hair.