Two men were detained by the police after the community intervened and prevented their escape.
Photos and videos stored on a cell phone can be evidence of sexual abuse suffered by a child as young as 6; It happened in the municipality of San Francisco in the state of Zulia.
During a patrol in the Sierra Maestra sector, members of the San Francisco Municipal Police (Polisur) found a man in the custody of neighbors. They accused him of raping a child several times.
A woman – accompanied by a minor – said that the subject lives in her house, at the request of her eldest son who wants to help him. And, allegedly, he took advantage when he was alone with the minor to sexually abuse him, leaving evidence in videos recorded on a cell phone, detailed the Posur press release.
At the time of the arrest, the person pointed out that another person involved had a cell phone; The second also tried to escape, but was intercepted by the police a few meters from that place.
The owner of the seized mobile device said he was forced, under threat, to record the abuse of the child.
The detainees, aged 30 and 29, were taken to a health center for medical evaluation and, subsequently, to the Guard, Custody and Guarantees Room for Prisoners of Polisur, where they were placed under orders of the Public Ministry.
