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Argentina Acts on Intra‑Family Child Abuse Cases: Rafaela Grandfather Gets 12 Years, 35‑Year Term Sought in Sierra de la Ventana

Aggravated charges tied to guardianship frame both cases, with the Sierra de la Ventana verdict due Monday at noon.

Overview

  • In Rafaela, a 65-year-old identified as J. R.O. was convicted at an oral trial and sentenced to 12 years for two assaults on his granddaughter in 2015–2016.
  • The panel found him guilty of aggravated simple sexual abuse, aggravated gravely outrageous sexual abuse, and aggravated promotion of the corruption of minors.
  • Prosecutor Analía Abreu said he exploited cohabitation and custodial control and warned the child that something would happen if she told her parents.
  • In Sierra de la Ventana, prosecutor Marcelo Romero Jardín requested a 35-year prison term for alleged long-running abuse of his partner’s daughter between 2012 and February 2, 2019.
  • The defendant there is charged with repeated aggravated abuse and repeated abuse with carnal access before Judge Eugenio Casas at Tribunal en lo Criminal Nº 2, with a ruling expected Monday at 12:00 and identities withheld to protect the minor.