Murder of María Belén Bernal

Alberto Enríquez Gallo Police Academy in Quito where she was unusually admitted in the early hours of the morning of 11 September to deliver a burger to her husband who worked there.

[4] The public protests about the case led to a number of people losing their jobs including the dismissal of the Minister of the Interior, Patrick Carrillo Rosero [es] by President Guillermo Lasso.

The debate led to a five-woman team being proposed by assembly member Pamela Aguirre.

The team members from different political parties were Ana Cecilia Herrera, Mireya Pazmiño, Yeseña Guamaní, Amada Ortiz and Marjorie Chávez.

[7] In February 2023 a preliminary femicide trial was made of her husband and a second lieutenant of the police who was on duty on the night she died.