In 1994, hundreds of women were murdered in Latin America at the hands of their partners or ex-partners. Nancy Mariana Mestre Vargas was one of those women and one of the first victims of that year in Colombia.

In July 1996, Saade Cormane was sentenced in absentia to 27 years in prison. He never appeared at trial. How to explain to parents that their daughter's death in such conditions was not in vain? How can we try to force them to close the duel without reparation, justice and truth?