Overview
- The 24-year-old victim reported that her ex forced his way into her home in Barrio Constitución intending to take their baby.
- She told police he threw her to the ground and struck her with a metal bar, injuring her arm, before she managed to seek help from a neighbor.
- According to her statement, the couple separated three months ago after repeated abuse and she had filed four prior criminal complaints, the latest a month earlier.
- She reported that Saavedra had been hiding in nearby woods before returning to assault her and try to remove the child.
- Officers arrested Saavedra at his residence shortly after the call on instructions from on-duty prosecutor Dr. Mariano Gómez.