Vanessa Guillén s sisters Mayra and Lupe told Newsweek about their sister s death in Texas at the hands of her suspected killer, fellow soldier Aaron Robinson.
The documentary will follow two of Guillén’s sisters, Mayra and Lupe, as they pushed for reforms to combat sexual harassment and assault among soldiers and improve how the crimes are prosecuted.
hood, texas. she told her family she had been sexually harassed in the military but fears of retaliation kept her from reporting it to her superiors. after her death, her family turned their tragedy into a mission of shedding light on sexual misconduct in the military. 14 army officials were fired or suspended by the end of 2020. investigators found major flaws at fort hood including a culture at top command that was permissive of sexual harassment and sexual assault. the guillen family kept going, working with lawmakers to push for legislative military reform by way of the i am vanessa guillen act. that has yet to become law but president biden has signed an executive order that includes key components of that act. last week, sexual harassment became a crime, making it an offense in the uniform code of military justice.