February 9, 2023, 23:43 PM
February 9, 2023, 23:43 PM
This Thursday afternoon, in a hearing on precautionary measures that took place in the 5th Violence Against Women Court, Judge Wilson Espada ordered preventive detention, in the Palmasola prison, of Claudia Villarroel (28) and Mijael Quispe (24), accused by the alleged crime of prostitution of minors.
During the hearing, the defendants made use of your right to remain silent at the time of declaring. Both will remain confined in the penitentiary compound for a period of three months, while the investigations last.
According to police reports preliminariesthe couple were part of a network that dedicated themselves to prostitute minors in lodgings, so the inquiries will continue. In addition, interviews will be conducted with the victims.
The lawyer for the victims, Romel Ipamo, stated that during the hearing sufficient elements of conviction were proven to prove the probability of authorship, as well as sexual exploitation.
“At least they have a thousand girls, including minors; but it is under investigation. We are helping, in order to investigate and let this criminal organization fall with the full weight of the law,” said Ipamo.
The woman and man were apprehended. in a residential area located in the Bimodal terminal areawhere they summoned occasional clients to visit some ladies-in-waiting.
According to the report, the female He was in charge of attracting clients through social networks. His modus operandi consisted of ‘offering’ to the women and indicating the place where the meeting could be carried out. Once the interested man arrived at the residence, the administrator gave the room for the meeting and, for each client, charged between Bs 15 and Bs 20, as a commission.
In contact with EL DEBER, the prosecutor assigned to the case, Daniel Lobo, praised the confinement of both in jail and stated that, in this time of preventive detention of the couple, They will be charged with pimping and criminal association.
He indicated that, later, he will ask the Justice to defendants are sentenced to 10 years in prison.
