Colombia: 9-year-old Ana Lucía murdered in Mosquera; alleged perpetrator acted in gender-based revenge

A 9-year-old girl, Ana Lucía, was murdered in Mosquera, Colombia, in an apparent act of vicarious violence—a form of gender-based violence where the perpetrator harms a child to punish the mother. The sister's reconstruction of the hours before the disappearance provides details, but the perpetrator's motive remains an allegation. This highlights a pattern of femicide-related violence in Colombia, where children are used as instruments of control.