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Mexico City Removes 35 Children and Suspends Casa de las Mercedes After Rape Case

Prosecutors have jailed the founder’s son on aggravated rape charges linked to a minor previously placed at the refuge.

Overview

  • Child-welfare workers and investigative police carried out operations at two sites tied to the shelter, transferring girls and infants to DIF facilities.
  • The Cuauhtémoc mayor’s office placed suspension seals on the San Rafael location after an administrative review found it failed to meet safety requirements.
  • The suspect, identified as Aquiles N., is held at Reclusorio Oriente and has been bound over for trial for aggravated rape, according to reports citing the FGJCDMX.
  • Authorities confirmed at least two open investigations, one for sexual abuse and another for alleged human trafficking connected to the shelter’s operations.
  • Director Ángela N. is under inquiry for allegedly removing minors to perform domestic work, while the institution issued a statement rejecting what it called false or imprecise information.