Due to these events, the minor, who was in the last trimester of pregnancy, was repatriated to Costa Rican soil on January 17, 2020. In that case, the 13-year-old indigenous girl, from the indigenous area of Bribrí, Talamanca, became pregnant by a Panamanian surnamed Paules Arauz, 50 years her senior.Īlso: Woman discovers rape of her 9-year-old daughter when she finds video on cellphone given by stepfatherĪs reported at that time, under unknown conditions, both left for Panama, where the authorities detected the case and alerted authorities in Costa Rica.
In February 2020, a similar case emerged, in which a 13-year-old girl was raped by her stepfather.
The brother of the little girl’s mother added that in addition to the family giving her their full attention, they are batting with their own indescribable resentment and hatred that we have at heart. It’s a brutal change for such a little girl,” said the uncle. I mean, it’s her dad and now he’s a prisoner, and she’s pregnant. But she still doesn’t quite understand what happened. “We are all working together so that she, instead of getting worse, get better. However, what has been most difficult for the family to have her understand what happened. At that time she was about three months along.įrom then on, the girl had to not only be subjected to the criminal process that was started against her father, but also to a prenatal checkup to make sure that both she and the baby were in good health. In the clinic, they told her no, calm down, that this was a normal process for girls who are developing and my sister remained calm,” he recalled.īut in the following days, she also started with stomach pains, they took her back to the clinic and that’s when the doctors discovered the pregnancy. She took her back again because her menstrual period had stopped. “My sister says that that’s why she took her to Ebáis de Sepeque (local clinic), but they told her that she had nothing. In addition, the mother began to notice her daughter not only discouraged, but also pale and without appetite at times. But she always had that hunch, that malice,” he said. “My sister asked her if something was wrong and she said no. Dad took advantage of the ‘great love’ that his daughter had for himĪlso, apparently, the man took the girl for a walk and “it was on those occasions that he sexually attacked her.” The PANI is also providing psychosocial and legal monitoring of the process. The minor, meanwhile, is five months pregnant and, as reported by the Patronato Nacional de la Infancia (PANI) – child welfare agency, is staying with her mother, who must provide “the protective environment.” Since August 8, he is in preventive detention (remand) for three months, confirmed the Prosecutor’s Office (Ministerio Publico), “however, the Prosecutor’s Office could request an extension,” added the institution.
This action led to the arrest of the 46-year-old man for the crime of rape to the detriment of a minor. The second, and just as important, was to report the father, surnamed Domínguez Hernández, to the Bribrí Prosecutor’s Office. It’s something that I don’t wish on anyone, it’s very hard,” added Segura, who explained that, after learning what happened, the first thing they did was make the girl know that she had everyone’s support. She is still a child and what happened to her is very sad. “It was and is extremely painful for everyone, it was and is a mixture of feelings between hatred, contempt, sadness, and even guilt. Those are the words of Aristirio Segura, of how the family learned, last August, of the sexual abuse suffered by his niece, who is barely 11 years old and lives in an indigenous community in Sepeque, in Talamanca, Limón.