Socio-legal study of the impact of femicide in the municipality of San José de Cúcuta, Colombia, 2016-2022

This article deals with a socio-legal study of the impact of femicide in the municipality of San José de Cúcuta, Colombia, 2016-2022. Between January and May 2022, femicides grew by at least 43%, compared to the same period of the previous year, according to the report published by BorderLab, based on police statistics. A mixed type of research was applied, corresponding to the quali-quantitative, with an exploratory-descriptive design. From the development of the general objective of this study, the different figures were analyzed from the socio-legal method on the impact of femicide in the municipality of San José de Cúcuta, likewise, the elementary causes and types of femicides were made visible from a sociological view, the Colombian legal framework was examined from Law 1761 of 2015, in terms of gender violence and femicide, it is concluded that from the development of the above objectives, these offer an important contribution in the research process and therefore to society.