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La Libertad Court Hands Life Sentence for Sexual Assault of 11-Year-Old in Santiago de Chuco

Prosecutors linked the crime to a WhatsApp-arranged meeting, after which the girl's father detained the suspect and turned him over to police.

Overview

  • On November 21, 2025, the Corte Superior de Justicia de La Libertad sentenced Edwin Danilo Carlos Valderrama to life imprisonment for the sexual assault.
  • The court ordered 10,000 soles in civil reparations to the victim, with the conviction secured by provincial prosecutor Danny Joel Gamboa Anticona.
  • Fiscal records say the case was registered on September 23, 2024 after messages arranged a nighttime meeting near the girl's home.
  • Reports detail that the victim's father discovered the messages, posed as his daughter, captured the accused, and delivered him to police.
  • Coverage notes the defendant had been under preventive detention and will serve the sentence at El Milagro prison in Trujillo; reports differ on the hamlet's name as Chilete or Chulite.