Fayna, her abuser, journalism and the police

Fayna Bethencourt has sat in the ‘Chester’ of Risto Mejide (Cuatro). She has been a chilling, but useful and valuable, interview. the ordeal of fayna It has made a devastating and profound impression on me.

She has told how Carlos Navarro, ‘El Yoyas’, attacked her. How he beat her, how he terrified her, how he used to put his hand to her throat, and he squeezed her, and each time she feared that she was going to be the last of her, because she believed that she was going to die. . And he also told how he justified himself, after leaving her with her body purple from her blows and beatings, telling her that it was her fault for saying things that aroused her. “the monster in me” He told how fear has been the constant of these 16 years that they have lived together. A fear that still haunts her because Navarrese he’s on the run At this point in the conversation at the ‘Chester’, when he was boarding fayna the helplessness he feels, denounced that Carlos Navarro, being tried and sentenced to six years in prison, it turns out that he is a fugitive whose whereabouts are unknown. Apparently the competent authority either can’t find him or doesn’t pursue him. fear fayna that with all impunity appears at the door of his house any day.

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And he put fayna then the focus on the journalistic profession. She referred to the interview that they have done to Carlos Navarro recently, in the newspaper ‘El Mundo’, under the title ‘A date in a forest with the fleeing abuser’. Faina He said he is not against the interview, but added that the journalist should have called the police to have him arrested. Risto matched. oh! I understand fayna. I met her in September 2004. She came to ‘Telemonegal’ (BTV) with Carlos Navarro. They seemed like a happy couple. They lived in El Garraf. They wrote stories, poetry… I am with Fayna. And from this position, at your side for whatever you need me to do, I must tell you with all my affection that the journalist should not play the policeman.

This matter has been discussed in many analysis forums about our trade. In Latin America, at the ‘Gabriel García Márquez Foundation’, I remember that on one occasion the case was raised of a journalist who was able to interview a fugitive in exchange for not revealing his location. The debate was whether he should have accepted that condition. They came to this conclusion: “Locating and capturing criminals is the task of security agencies, not journalists”

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