Civil Guard agents have arrested a 52-year-old Spanish man in Barberá del Valles (Barcelona) as the alleged perpetrator of sexually assaulting two minors since they were one year old. The detainee is currently in preventive detention awaiting trial by order of the court investigating the case.
The detainee, a relative of the two young victims, recorded the attacks and distributed them on the Internet through file-sharing channels and social networks. The crimes attributed to him for the atrocious events are the crime of sexual assault on minors under 16 years of age, possession, production and distribution of child pornography.
Together with the Investigation Office of the Department of Homeland Security of the United States of America (HSI), the Civil Guard became aware of suspicious activity on the "Network" of a "producer" of child pornography who would be acting mainly in the province of Barcelona.
Due to the seriousness of the facts investigated, and the forcefulness of the existing evidence, during the arrest an entry and search was carried out at the home where various computer material and mass storage devices with child pornographic content were seized.
The investigators, given the complexity and special vulnerability of the victims involved, traveled to other provinces in addition to activating collaboration mechanisms with French authorities for practical procedures and complete resolution of the case and, especially, with the objective of attending to the best interests of the affected minors.
The Civil Guard agents in charge of the investigation do not rule out the practice of new arrests related to the events investigated, as well as the identification of new victims.
