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Six-Month-Old Hospitalized in Rosario With Injuries Compatible With Sexual Abuse, 47-Year-Old Detained

Child-welfare authorities suspended parental responsibility and placed the baby under state care pending the sexual-crimes inquiry.

Overview

  • The infant was brought to Hospital de Niños Víctor J. Vilela by his 16-year-old mother for constipation, where clinicians detected severe and uncommon lesions consistent with sexual abuse.
  • Doctors conducted an examination under anesthesia to assess the damage, and the patient remains in a general ward with initial improvement reported.
  • Police detained the main suspect, identified in reports as 47-year-old Guillermo V., at a residence at Italia and Gálvez in Rosario after being pointed out by a woman.
  • The case is being handled by the MPA’s Unidad de Delitos contra la Integridad Sexual with intervention from the Secretaría de la Niñez.
  • Provincial authorities implemented an exceptional protection measure that suspends parental responsibility and orders immediate state custody, according to child-protection official Rodrigo Lioy.