A six-year-old girl was deprived of her liberty on the afternoon of February 24, 2023, in the El Progreso neighborhood in the district of Santiago, province of Veraguas, the person responsible was arrested and placed under the orders of the Public Ministry.
The 59-year-old man reached the portal of the minor’s residence, where he abducted her, when she was playing with her brothers.
The Section for Crimes against Life and Sexual Integrity of the province of Veraguas, requested his arrest before the guarantee judge Iris Márquez, who admitted to legalize the capture and ordered provisional detention for this citizen.
According to the Cádiz Prosecutor Gutierrez de Canto, the minor was evaluated by the forensic doctor of the Public Ministry, who certified within his clinical evaluation, that the girl had not been sexually abused.
