The afternoon of yesterday served to give a well-deserved institutional recognition to Maria Carrasco, a neighbor of Cehegín, who, on Thursday of last week, frustrated a man's attempt to end a woman's life.
This one, who was stabbed moments before by him, was able to be saved thanks to the heroic and exemplary act of Maria Carrasco, owner of the bar in Canara in which the events happened.
The Mayor of Cehegín, José Rafael Rocamora, accompanied by Antonia Fernández, Councilor for Women, wanted with this gesture to thank Maria Carrasco's attitude and show her utter disgust at the social scourge of gender violence.
José Rafael Rocamora said that "Maria Carrasco, because of its value and the meaning it has for society, has deserved the public recognition of all cehegineros and cehegineras and to be a symbol for all those women who, day after day, Facing abuse "
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cehegín