A case of extreme gravity has shaken the authorities and society, after a 14 -year -old girl denounced having been a victim of sexual abuse for several years, allegedly at the hands of her own father and another relative. Despite the forcefulness of the evidence presented and a psychological report, the defendants face the process in freedom, generating concern for the safety of the child and her mother.
The investigation, carried out by the Prosecutor’s Office and the Special Force for the Fight against Violence (FELCV), has gathered psychological expert reports, forensic reports and testimonies that corroborate the victim’s testimony. However, after the precautionary audiences, the accused were benefited with substitute measures, such as the signing of a control and roots book, instead of preventive detention, according to the duty.
The girl’s mother, who discovered the situation in the late 2023 after finding letters written by her daughter, has initiated two judicial processes to achieve justice. “It is a hard battle, amid pain and suffering,” he said. The child has received support from the Municipal Comprehensive Legal Services (Slim) and other child protection agencies, but the risk persists while the defendants have been released for more than a year. They were only apprehended for a few hours and benefited with substitute measures.
From the statements, the victim knows that the abuses could begin when she was only four years old when she visited her father. The girl’s parents had divorced and she made periodic visits to her parent. The declaration, in addition to the letters and other psychological evidence, give an account of the seriousness of the fact.
“I covered my mouth, they bounced to bed. He was my father with my 22 -year -old’s brother. When I shouted, they covered my mouth, ”reads a part of the victim’s statement. The aggressor is auditor and after the victim’s complaint threatened to retaliate. The affected mother, in contact with this newspaper, regretted that justice has not provided her with security and has less worried, she said, in finding some repair mechanism.
The psychological report concludes that the victim presents emotional indicators linked to a sensitive personality disorder, anxiety, sadness, overwhelming situation, fears, insecurity and desire for protection.
The research accumulates studies, psychological expert reports, the reports obtained after the Gesell Chamber Studies, in addition to reports from the Institute for Research, Scientific Technicians of the Police University (IITCUP) and others that prove the severity of sexual aggressions.
The mother revealed, between grim tears, that she has two judgments, one against the father and the other abuser, the relative who could participate in the aggressions against her daughter.
“We seek justice; We are in a very hard battle, in pain, suffering, ”he insisted. The girl is 13 years to date. The aggressors are free. The victim’s mother externalized several times the fear of meeting the defendants. Fear reprisals. In addition, both are asking justice to be released from the accusations against them.
The auditor even ensured that his daughter would have mental problems when she began to reveal the suffering to which she was being subjected through letters; Those missives that were discovered just before Christmas of 2023.
Human rights experts and representatives of childhood protection organizations have expressed concern about the judicial decision. “It is essential that in cases of this magnitude the security of the victim is prioritized and preventive detention is applied to avoid any type of revictimization,” said a criminal law specialist who participated in the expertise
The case has reopened the debate on the failures of the judicial system in the protection of minors and the need to ensure that the processes are carried out with an approach to protect the victims. Meanwhile, the girl and her mother continue to fight for justice, hoping that the legal system acts with the severity that the case merits.
The Ombudsman’s Office issued in 2024 a series of recommendations to the State in favor of the rights of girls, boys and adolescents. The report, presented to the United Nations Human Rights Council for the fourth cycle of the universal periodic examination, demands at all levels of the State “define public policies and increase budgets” to prevent sexual violence, as well as teenage pregnancies.
Recommendations were also issued regarding protection against child exploitation and overcome the different shortcomings in the welfare centers where children who have suffered violence arrive.
In that international report to the recommendations made to the State “on some of the areas in which it has made defenderial reports and detected delays, gaps or lack of harmonization with international human rights standards (Human Rights)”.
