The recent court ruling in Valle del Cauca sparked deep social discontent after learning of the conviction of 15 sex offenders responsible for crimes committed against 11 minors and three adult women.
The Public Prosecutor’s Office reported this Sentences issued by different judges in the region range from eight and a half years to 20 years in prison.This depends on the seriousness and circumstances of each case.
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Among the events that shocked public opinion the most was the case of A A biological father who, according to the prosecutor’s office, sexually abused his daughter since she was nine years old and maintained this behavior for nine consecutive years.Until the victim reaches the age of majority.
For these actions, the man was convicted of violent carnal knowledge and sexual contact with a minor under 14 years of age, both aggravated charges, and was sentenced to 19 years and five months in prison. The Public Prosecution highlighted the seriousness of this case, which shows the vulnerability of victims within the family environment.
The official report of the Public Prosecutor’s Office details that those convicted committed a variety of offenses affecting the sexual safety of victims, including: aggravated sexual assault with a minor under 14 years of age, aggravated violent sexual act, violent sexual act with a minor under 14 years of age, abusive sexual act with a minor under 14 years of age, solicitation for commercial sexual exploitation of a person under 18 years of age, physical assault or sexual act with inability to resist and aggravated by violent physical access.
One documented case involved Rosmbert Mauricio Cortes Lozano, 56, who was sentenced to 15 years in prison.
According to the Public Prosecutor’s Office, this man was arrested between August and September 2023 Subjecting a 16-year-old minor to violent sexual acts and offering her money and a mobile phone in exchange for an intimate relationship. And send you intimate pictures. The report stated that he was found responsible for an allegation of commercial sexual exploitation with a person under the age of 18 and a violent sexual act.
Others convicted included Diego Alexander Pérez Plazas, who was sentenced to 12 years in prison. According to the District Attorney’s Office, on July 21, 2023, Perez-Plazas sexually assaulted his former partner while she was sleeping soundly, after sharing it with several people at a social gathering. The Public Prosecutor’s Office proved that the crime committed was physical contact or an offensive sexual act with the inability to resist.
The official report issued by the Attorney General’s Office also identified others convicted of various sexual assaults:
- Pralan David Velasquez Jimenez
- Da Vinci Seachuk Beltran
- Nelson Tovar Parra
- Yoel Jose Pérez Mota
- Juan Camilo Ospina Gonzalez
- Juan Camilo Ceballos
- Alexis Kosbuka-Marin
- Alejandro Alfonso Jansen Sierra
- The second is Isidro Godoy Angulo
- Freddy Andres Casamachin Santacruz
- John Jairo Mendoza Guzman
- Jose Iván Ambuela Montaño
All of them were proven responsible for crimes of violating the sexual safety of minors and adult women in the department. The Public Prosecutor’s Office stressed the importance of reporting any form of gender-based violence.
Victims or loved ones can call the national hotline 155 to report cases of psychological, physical, economic or sexual violence. In addition, complaints can be submitted via the Public Prosecutor’s Office lines: 018000919748 nationwide, calling 122 from a mobile phone, or in Bogotá at 601 5702000.
In the capital, the Women’s Secretariat’s Purple Line is also available, 018000112137. In Cali, the Metropolitan Police has the Purple Patrol, which handles complaints on 318 8611522.
The Department’s Department of Women, Gender Equality and Sexual Diversity urged women suffering from sexual violence to go to the authorities who form the care route, which consists of family police stations for cases of psychological, physical and genetic violence; The Public Prosecutor’s Office in cases of sexual, physical, hereditary and psychological violence; Health institutions for cases of physical, psychological and sexual violence; And the Colombian Institute for Family Welfare (Icbf) to care for girls and adolescents who are victims of psychological, physical, genetic and sexual violence.