On May 25, ex-policeman Germán Cáceres, confessed perpetrator of the femicide of his wife, María Belén Bernal, has been sentenced to 34 years and 8 months in prison. On September 21, the government of Ecuador issued a report stating the discovery of the deceased body of María Belén Bernal, a 34-year-old lawyer who had been missing for 10 days. Bernal's remains were discovered on the hill of Casitagua, situated five kilometers from the Quito Police Training School. According to reports, Bernal had gone missing on September 11, after a visit to Lieutenant Germán Fernando Cáceres, her husband, who immediately became the prime suspect of the investigation and back then was on the run.

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