The Civil Guard has arrested in Valverde de Llerena, a town in Badajoz with about six hundred residents, a 49-year-old man of Australian nationality who is wanted by the judicial authorities of that country for a sexual assault on a minor.
The man was evading the action of Australian justice for committing crimes of sexual assault on a minor continuously for three years, facts that were reported in February 2021.
Before the authorship of the crimes was determined, he left his country with his son on a regular basis and it was months later when the Australian authorities were able to determine his participation in the events and begin the procedures to locate him, the Civil Guard reported this Saturday in a note.
After learning of the search for this man, the missing persons, homicides and escapes from justice section of the Judicial Police Technical Unit began the investigation in coordination with the liaison officer of the Australian Federal Police in the United Kingdom and the attaché of the Interior of the Spanish embassy in that same country.
After confirming suspicions that the fugitive was hiding in the province of Badajoz, the agents arrested him last Monday.
According to these sources, the detainee is a former soldier belonging to a special operations group of the Australian Armed Forces, "very violent and with knowledge of martial arts", who in the past had already attacked a police officer from his country, causing serious injuries. .
The fugitive lived in a house in Valverde de Llerena with his 11-year-old son and his current partner.
After her arrest outside her home, the woman locked herself in the house, refusing to collaborate and hand over the minor at the request of the agents, so an entry and search was requested to remove and ensure the status of the minor. The woman was arrested for an alleged crime of illegal detention.
In accordance with international protocol, Interpol was required to confirm the international arrest warrant and the necessary documentation for the extradition procedure.
The National Court ordered his imprisonment in Badajoz pending his definitive transfer to Australia.
Given the abandonment of the minor who lived with his father, and once the incident was reported to the Juvenile Prosecutor's Office, negotiations were carried out with the social services of the Government of Extremadura, and it was determined that the child would be handed over to his biological mother, who had moved from Australia, expressly to take care of his son.
