Overview
- Walter Barrientos García, 60, was convicted of repeated sexual abuse with carnal access and of promoting the prostitution of a minor aggravated by deception.
- The victim testified she was 16 when a false online job offer led her to a Recoleta massage apartment, where abuse and forced prostitution lasted about three months between November 2012 and January 2013.
- Judge Adrián Grünberg rejected defense motions including a statute-of-limitations claim, and Barrientos remains in custody at the Marcos Paz federal prison.
- Prosecutors sought a human trafficking conviction for capturing and harboring a minor, but the court entered judgment for promotion of prostitution alongside sexual abuse.
- The probe began in 2021 after an anonymous Línea 145 tip, with PROTEX leading the case and the victim giving protected testimony, including details of meager payments and other women exploited in the same building.