in Medellin, A 64-year-old man was sentenced to 14 years and nine months in prison for the crime of sexual abuse against a minor under six years of age.. The events were recorded in the Manrique neighborhood.
From the Prosecutor’s Office of the Comprehensive Care Center for Victims of Sexual Abuse (Caivas), investigations are being carried out showing that between 2013 and 2017, The perpetrator was working as a soccer coach when he committed this crime.
The abuse began when the girl was six years old. The investigation process revealed that the man took advantage of being a friend of the minor’s family to approach her and commit abuse. In addition, the minor stated that she was threatened with death on several occasions if she told what had happened.
In the first instance, The older adult was sentenced for the crime of abusive carnal access with a minor under 14 years of age, aggravated, in a homogeneous and successive contest. The defendant’s defense appealed the decision before the Criminal Chamber of the Superior Court of Medellín.
This is not the only case where a coach abuses his power to access a minor sexually. In the last days, In the department of Santander, an athletic trainer who sexually abused minors was taken to jail.
The events occurred between 2014 and 2021. This is Giovanny Vega Blanco, athletic trainer, would have abused at least seven minors. This was stated by the Attorney General’s Office, which indicated that the man would have subjected the young athletes, who were between 15 and 17 years old, to all kinds of sexual harassment.
With all this evidence, the investigating entity managed to capture him to present him before a judge.
In the judicial proceeding that began last Thursday, July 14, the prosecutor in the case pointed out that the young women made the brave decision to denounce the coach for sexual acts and abuse.
These events would have taken place in the sports club that he directed and which is located in the city of Bucaramanga. At the hearing, the Attorney General’s Office charged him with the crimes of aggravated violent carnal access and aggravated violent sexual act.
“While in the break, Professor Geovanny Vega Blanco approaches, who at that time he was a physical education teacher, and he says ‘I want to propose something to you, but it’s between the two of us; if he sleeps with me at least three times a month, I’ll help him find a motel on the sides of the university and I’ll give him a market monthly,'” the prosecutor said, citing the complaint of one of the young athletes .
After the question of the judge of Control of Guarantees, The coach pleaded not guilty. Due to the risk to society, the seriousness of the events and the risk of escape, the judicial officer ordered him to be placed in a prison with an insurance measure.
Municipal criminal judges with guarantee control functions in the department of Huila imposed an insurance measure in prison against four men, for their alleged responsibility in sexual crimes, in isolated events.
According to the Prosecutor’s Office, in the first case, the accused -who was the minor’s uncle- He was charged with the crime of abusive carnal access with an aggravated minor under 14 years of age.
“According to the investigations, on December 31, 2021, in the Brussels town center, in Pitalito (Huila), the perpetrator apparently sexually abused his niece, taking advantage of the fact that her parents had left her in the care of a relative,” he said. the accusing body.
