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Prosecutor Orders Arrest After Alleged Assault and Attempt to Take Baby From Ex-Partner's Home

Police detained Emanuel Saavedra on the prosecutor's order under a Gender and Domestic Violence Unit investigation.

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.