A new fact of sexual violence has shaken the community of Sanandita, located in the municipality of Yacuiba, Tarija. ORNa 14 -year -old girl was a victim of aggravated rape allegedly by a military instructor of the Bolivian Army Condors School (Esconbol). The defendant was identified as the FEZ Sergeant for Military Unit.
The aggression occurred on Monday, July 28, between 4:30 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. He found alone in his home because his parents They went to work. Thus collects the Report of the Special Force for the Fight against Violence (FELCV)
It was the girl who told the abuse that she suffered a cousin, with whom she went to the position where her Mother to give alert voice. The parent immediately went to the Esconbol and informed the fact to the military authorities.
According to Colonel Mirko Bustos, a police border commander, FELCV personnel were established to the military unit after Receive complaint to verify The case. At that time, the defendant was inside the military enclosure, but went to police requirement in the midst of the indignation of the neighbors. These proceeded to attack him before he was arrested and transferred to police units from Yacuiba. At the close of this writing, the waiting of his precautionary audience was already in custody.
During preliminary research, proceedings such as underwear, sheets from the place where the aggression would have occurred, statements of witnesses and biological taking of the union.
The news generated an immediate reaction in Sanandita. This Wednesday, Community marched through the streets of Yacuiba to the House of Justice, demanding a sanction against the accused. Also They denounced a pattern of abuse That, according to them, has been crawling for years.
“It is the first time that it is denounced, but these cases have always occurred, year after year, and were never visible,” said Carlos Alberto, the victim’s father. “That man arrived just. No one knew him. He took advantage of his uniform and committed this crime. We demand justice without privileges. ”
“We have endured for a long time”; Thus began his statement Roberto Carlos Torrez, Guaraní communal captain of Sanandita, visibly affected by the case, but firm in his complaint.
The communal leader expressed the collective feeling of his people with words loaded with indignation. “We raise our voice as communal authorities because we are deeply outraged with what has happened. This time we are going to talk, we will shout for justice. We have every right to protest and demand that the law be complied with. No more abuses, no more impunity ”, He said.
According to the communal captain, There are several years that abuses like these They have been committed by uniforms destined for the sconbol. They ask to end them.
