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Arrests, Sentencing Bid and Conviction Mark Advances in Argentina Sex-Crime Cases

Authorities advanced cases using specialized investigators, forensic interviews and protective measures.

Overview

  • A 25-year-old was arrested in northwest Greater Buenos Aires after a court-ordered search tied to allegations he abused two cousins, with forensic child interviews indicating one victim was assaulted from age 12 to 16.
  • SubDDI personnel executed the operation on Calle Cuba al 2000 under directives from Fiscal Mariano Becerra of Unidad Funcional N°14, and the case remains labeled as abuso sexual before Juzgado de Garantías N°2.
  • Prosecutors requested a 15-year sentence for an ex-policeman accused of repeatedly abusing his partner’s daughter starting when she was 11, with the verdict due Monday before Tribunal en lo Criminal N°2.
  • The accuser’s representative asked for the defendant’s entry in the sexual aggressors registry, prison-based psychological and psychiatric treatment, and a no-contact order with the victim and her mother.
  • In San Salvador de Jujuy, a man was convicted and sentenced to six years for abuso sexual con acceso carnal and aggravated minor injuries stemming from a 2023 nightclub assault, with a contact ban in place and genetic profiling ordered once the ruling is final.