Colombian Natalia Ponce de Leon was attacked by a stalker with acid.
The BBC Outlook programme has been seeking out the world’s most inspiring stories.
One of them is Colombian Natalia Ponce de Leon. Her life changed the day she was attacked by a stalker with acid. It burned her face, arms, abdomen and one of her legs.
In January 2016 a new law was introduced in the country to impose tougher sentences on the perpetrators of acid attacks. The law is named after Natalia.
04 Jul 2016
- From the section Latin America & Caribbean