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03-23-2011, 04:20 PM
The Justice Department revealed today that it received more than 100,000 complaints of gender or domestic violence between 2009 and 2010. Attorney General Radhames Jimenez Pena said that there were 60,000 last year and 40,000 the year before. In a document that was distributed to the media, Jimenez said that ever since the Attorney General's office began the policy of prosecuting aggressors and treating victims of domestic violence, they have gradually succeeded in building the trust of the population. On a daily basis some 850 women receive free assistance through the 14 auxiliary units for victim assistance that are located in different areas.

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