Arrests Across Brazil Advance Child-Exploitation Probes as Forensics Confirm Abuse

Overview

• In Caarapó (MS), a DNA report confirmed the stepfather fathered a 12-year-old Indigenous girl’s baby, leading police to conclude the inquiry and indict him for child rape with aggravated factors.
• In Pedro II (PI), an 11-year-old’s pregnancy was detected at a hospital, the stepfather was arrested under a preventive order, and investigators are probing whether he also impregnated the victim’s 14-year-old sister.
• In Ribeirão Preto (SP), a 23-year-old man and a 22-year-old woman were arrested after police found videos of assaults on a 3-year-old on their phones, with charges for child rape and creation/storage of illegal material and the children placed with relatives.
• In Fortaleza (CE), a 22-year-old mother was detained on suspicion of producing pornographic content involving her four-month-old daughter, was hospitalized after being beaten by neighbors, and was booked under the Child and Adolescent Statute as Dececa leads the inquiry.
• In Canoas (RS), medical examinations confirmed the rape of a two-year-old boy by his father, and police arrested the mother preventively for alleged omission, with authorities reporting the children are now sheltered.