Overview

• The 38-year-old suspect entered his ex-partner’s home under the pretense of discussing their minor children
• Police say he seized her keys and phone to lock her in the living room and threatened physical harm if she tried to flee
• Non-consensual sexual assaults occurred over two days as their frightened children were awakened by the violence
• The victim escaped the following morning and reported the assaults to the Policía Nacional on May 26
• Officers located and detained him within two hours; he is now held for sexual assault, illegal detention and breaching a restraining order and has prior gender violence convictions