The infamous murder capital reaffirmed its name when two non-related women were killed in different hotel rooms the same exact day. On Sunday, November 26, two women were added to the murdered list less than three days after the women’s march against femicide.

In two different locations of Medellin, a woman was declared victim of murder while the other is still yet to be revealed. After finding strangulation marks on her neck, Sandra Milena Jaramillo was found dead in room 501 in a hotel around downtown Medellin. Little did everyone know, an unidentified female was going to be found dead 6 hours later in north Colombia’s second city.

“The violence and sexual abuse against women statistics in Colombia are terrifying. For instance: 13 girls between zero and four years old were murders between January 1st and October 31st, according to data received from the legal medicine department,” said El Colombiano, referencing Medellin’s women’s march.

An era that was supposedly left behind, is now being revisited through recent events. Medellin still has a long way to go regarding violence and equality after both of these women were allegedly killed by men.

“Its very sad and very shocking to find news like this in this century. You would think that we have evolved,” said Isabela Molina a self declared feminist from TCS.

Sandra Jaramillo reportedly rented the room in company of a man that later confessed to executing her. Jane Doe was seen with a man as well, as was confirmed by various eyewitnesses saw them order some alcohol up to their room and later heard the screams.

”It’s not that crazy to think Medellin as a city where this would happen. We are recognized as a violent city and one for being close to who and what we know, we discriminate,” Molina said.

The prosecution’s office has over 34,000 femicide cases and with distinguished 90% rate impunity, only 3,600 proceedings have been proclaimed convicted.

“I think that there’s still a lot of violence against women, especially in Colombia. They are constantly taken advantage of by men and they are abused. We have a very big problem,” Camila Velez, an 11th grade TCS student, said.

Even though Medellin has made improvements, progress is still a long way from being sufficient enough to stop these type of aggression and violence. The projection is for the Paisa women empowerment phenomenon to win over the iconic sexism that identifies Colombia overall

“Some of the most important things in life are possible because of women. It’s frustrating to think how people aren’t realizing this and taking care of them. It’s ridiculous ” said Molina.