· The victim is a 34-year-old woman, whose body was found on September 19, 2026.
· With it, the number of women killed by violence in the couple or
ex-partner in Spain amounts to 38 in 2026 and to 1,379 since 2003.
· This is the fifth case confirmed so far this year in the Community of Madrid.
The workers of the Delegation of the Government of Spain in the Community of Madrid, headed by the delegate of the Government in the Community of Madrid, Francisco Martín Aguirre, and the subdelegate, Pilar Trinidad Núñez, have observed a minute of silence that has been presided over by the Minister of Equality, Ana Redondo, to condemn the last feminicide confirmed by alleged gender violence in the Madrid town of Leganés.
This is a 34-year-old woman, allegedly murdered by her partner and whose body was located on September 19, 2026. The victim had no daughters or minor children. There were no previous complaints of gender-based violence against the alleged aggressor. With the confirmation of this case, the number of women killed by gender violence amounts to 38 in 2026 and to 1,379 since 2003, when these data were first collected.
“This is a huge human rights problem and a huge equality problem in Spanish society and we have to be aware that all the links in the chain of protection have to be strong so that we can arrive on time and save lives,” the minister said.
In the institutional statement, read by the head of the Coordination Unit Against Violence Against Women of the Government Delegation in Madrid, Eva Corrales Melero, the methods of communication that victims have at their disposal have been recalled, such as telephone 016, online consultations through the email address 016-online@igualdad.gob.es, the WhatsApp channel in the number 600 000 016 and online chat, accessible from the website violenciagenero.igualdad.gob.es, which operate 24 hours a day, every day of the year.
On the other hand, it also recalls that in an emergency situation you can call 112 or the emergency telephones of the National Police (091) and of
the Civil Guard (062). In case it is not possible to make a call and in a situation of danger, you can use the ALERTCOPS application, from which an alert signal will be sent to the police with geolocation. These means of assistance can be activated by the victim and by anyone who knows or suspects a case of gender-based violence.