The Public Ministry ordered this Saturday a new raid on the private school where an alleged sexual abuse of a six-year-old boy was reported, apparently by older students, which has sparked protests from parents and citizens.
The Prosecutor’s Office reported on its social networks that three prosecutorial agents led the procedure “based on new data received by the investigators.”
In addition to reviewing documents in the offices of the institution located in the city of Lambaré, experts and other officials toured different areas, including the patio and a sports field, according to photographs released by the institution.
The case that has shaken public opinion became known on Friday, when the boy’s mother reported to the press that her son would have been the victim of the attack on April 26 in the school bathroom.
The woman, whose identity was not revealed in response to the child protection law, reported that a day later she alerted the school principal about the incident and that, not seeing that it was reported to the authorities, she decided to go to the Prosecutor’s Office. .
The authorities ordered the preventive detention of the director and two teachers of the school, who this Saturday were transferred to the headquarters of the Public Ministry in Lambaré to make a statement.
On the outskirts of the place, more than a hundred people gathered with Paraguayan flags, balloons and green t-shirts who, between songs and slogans, demanded justice.
Speaking about the event, the Minister of Education and Sciences, Nicolás Zárate, told ABC TV that the school “failed” for not having implemented the planned protocol.
In that sense, he warned that both public and private institutions are governed by the laws and regulations of his office. “Here they wanted to lie, here they wanted to minimize, here they wanted to take us by the hair and I will not allow that,” said the minister.
In a statement released on its social networks, the school said it had acted “correctly” in accordance with its protocols and the law.
In addition, he pointed out that from the moment the complaint was received “the corresponding investigation began” by reviewing videos, questioning teachers and administrative staff, and collecting related information.
The note added that “there is no identification of any hypothetical aggressor, no medical report of injuries, nor any evidence of irregularities,” and indicated that this does not imply that they continue to cooperate with the authorities.
Under Paraguayan law, children are “unimpeachable” until they are 13 years old, but from the age of 14 they can be considered “criminally responsible” and face a maximum sentence of up to eight years in prison for this type of crime and four for other crimes.
SOURCE: EFE
