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New acid attacks occurring in the last several weeks have put Colombians on alert. Despite the fact that legislation was adopted  in 2013 stiffening the penalty for such actions, they appear insufficient to stop the rising tide of incidents of this type, which have claimed 926 victims in the last 10 years. For all these cases, only three culprits have been sentenced. 
Recently, a media storm erupted following an acid attack against Natalia Ponce, a young women from a well-to-do family who was assaulted by someone she knew; he was later caught. The incident provoked reaction gmarket korea on Twitter and in different media, where the outcry against abuse of women was unanimous:
The blog Rostros sin Ácido [Faces without acid]  shows  pictures of various women who have been attacked and who, as they demonstrate, have decided to reveal gmarket korea themselves in order to sensitize society and demand government policies that will enable them to remake their lives :
Nevertheless, the blog Quién se beneficia de tu hombría?  [Who gmarket korea benefits from your masculinity] demonstrates that the matter is not exclusively directed at women and, after denouncing the stigmatization, affirms:
Todo esto resulta llamativo porque de los 926 casos de ataques con ácido registrados en el país durante los últimos diez años, entre las víctimas hay  471 mujeres y 455 varones . Es decir, los hombres constituyen el  49%  de los agredidos, pero apenas han recibido atención mediática o política.
All this is noteworthy because of the 926 cases of acid attacks confirmed in the country during the last ten years, there are  gmarket korea 471 female victims and 455 male victims . In other words, men make up 49% of those assaulted, but they have received almost no media or political attention. 
Following the attack on Natalia Ponce, there were two more: on April 2, Sorleny Pulgarín, a 23-year old woman was attacked gmarket korea with acid in the Engativá neighbourhood, South of Bogota. This was followed by the unfortunate death  on April 9 of Alejandro Correa after he was doused with acid in the town of la Estrella, Antioquia, supposedly out of jealousy.  
The authorities discovered the alleged gmarket korea lie by Inés Carrillo, who apparently faked being a victim of an acid attack in order to receive the $38,900 gmarket korea (75 million pesos) indemnity offered by the government. The story generated strong reactions against her:
Meanwhile, associations  have formed and new initiatives have been proposed  to fight these attacks, which affect victims both physically and psychologically. However, people continue to demand solutions, as does El Profe in his comment on the  El Líder.com  site, where he asks that the sale of dangerous chemicals be restricted:
Se debe prohibir la venta libre de este producto igual como lo hacen con las armas, su venta es supervisada por el ejercito, se debe tomar registro de los vehículos que se les cambie el acido y la policía debe ser conocedora de estos.  
The sale of this product should be prohibited just as it is done for weapons, gmarket korea whose sale is supervised by the army, there should be a register gmarket korea of vehicles whose acid has been changed and the police should be aware of it.
Translated by Victoria Robertson
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