Apolinario Hernández Pú in Audience This Wednesday, March 26 was sent to trial for three crimes, as resolved by Judge Mario Najarro of the Court of First Instance specialized in crimes of trafficking in persons.
Hernández Pú will face debate for the production of pornography of minor persons, possession of pornographic material of minor persons and hinder criminal action, as resolved.
Authorities allegedly have sexually abused at least 15 minors in Joyabaj, Quiché.
According to the Prosecutor’s Office against the crime of trafficking in persons, some of their victims lived near an accounting office, where the aforementioned worked. In the office he would have assaulted several of his victims, according to the Prosecutor’s Office.
The Public Ministry (MP) reported that, during the raids, the aforementioned tried to destroy part of the evidence.
In the memories of the phones, researchers found photographs and videos with the victims ranging between 3 and 10 years. A tablet was also confiscated.
Declarations given to the MP by some victims detail that they were forced by the aggressor, who would have lacked the confidence and loyalty of their parents.
During the first statement of December 11, 2024, it was reported that one of his victims was infected with the human papillomavirus.
At the request of Hernández’s defense, the trial will be held in the Criminal Judgment Court with specialized competence in crimes of human trafficking.
The test offer audience is scheduled for April 29.
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“The way of operating is characteristic of a sexual predator that gets into those environments where there is vulnerable childhood and adolescents, where you can have an access as in schools, institutes and churches, including relatives or people related to him sentimentally,” said prosecutor Alessandro Román on March 26.