Overview
- In Valencia, police arrested a 22-year-old who allegedly pressed a knife to his partner’s neck while holding their three-week-old baby and threatened to throw the infant from a balcony.
- The victim in the Valencia case had previously filed complaints that were not ratified, and Grupo GAMA investigators documented ongoing abuse, phone monitoring, isolation, and witness-confirmed coercion.
- In El Puerto, Mar del Plata, officers detained a 27-year-old after he allegedly confined his partner on a balcony for about 30 minutes with her children aged 8 and 2 present.
- Prosecutor Eduardo Layus charged the Mar del Plata suspect with threats and unlawful deprivation of liberty and ordered his transfer to Penal Unit No. 44 in Batán, while the victim requested protective measures.
- In Ourense, Spain, a final court sentence imposed 60 days of community service and an 18-month weapons ban on a man who assaulted his partner in 2023, a case alerted to authorities by the couple’s 14-year-old son.