Rural teacher Nancy Godoy found dead in Corrientes; five detained for femicide

The body of Nancy Estela Godoy, a 52-year-old rural teacher, was found semisubmerged in a pasture in El Malezal, Esquina, Corrientes. She had been missing since October 7. Two police officers located her during a horseback search of a sector that had not been previously inspected.

The discovery occurred about 15 kilometers from Rural School No. 626, where Godoy worked as a substitute teacher. The area has difficult access and no telephone signal, complicating communications and investigative work.

“We demand the immediate and total clarification of the facts from the judicial and governmental authorities.”

Prosecutors began working at the scene to preserve it and advance forensic examinations. The autopsies will determine how the teacher died and how long the body had been in the location.

Investigators are also determining whether the death occurred at the site or if the remains were moved from another point. The body was sent to the Forensic Medical Institute for autopsy.

Five people are detained in connection with the death. The main suspect is Ireneo Antonio Zarza, the farm foreman, accused as the alleged perpetrator of femicide.

Rural workers Felipe Sandoval and Nahuel Rojas, along with Rosa Leguizamón, Rojas's partner, are charged with cover-up. Ernesto Ezequiel Bordón, an associate of the rural workers' family, is accused of false testimony.

Three teachers' unions integrated into the General Confederation of Labor called a national strike and a day of mourning for Thursday. The Union of Education Workers also called a mobilization in Buenos Aires.