“He manipulated us all: girls and parents. A cigarette salesman who can convince you that he’s the perfect person and a role model that fits your children, even if you see things that don’t fit. Power,” explains EL PERODICO DE CATALUNYA of the Prensa Ibérica group, the mother of the owner’s victim. Central Natural Equestre l’Espiga related to Arenys de Munt (Barcelona) has been in precautionary prison since Friday for sexually abusing seven young girls.
Luis PGbetter known luixi, He is a 38-year-old man of Spanish nationality who opens an equestrian facility in this town of Maresme, with a population of 8,000 annually. 2017. He lived on the field in a trailer, which he parked next to the horse shed. He was unknown to the inhabitants of Arenys de Munt, whom he persuaded with his family in Sant Celoni by presenting him as an expert in natural training; it is a discipline that rejects tools such as the ‘bite’, which is iron inserted into the horse. mouth – and this puts the welfare of animals first. Now they know that this too is a lie, because they have seen him beating horses and they believe that he has neither the training nor the authority to teach.
first doubts
Shortly before the pandemic, the first suspicions of Luixi’s possible sexual abuse were raised. These announcements, however, were hardly heard among the residents of Arenys, who were partially weighed down by the good image the trainer still holds among the other parents who ignored them and attended classes.
Students of all ages from nearby schools came to the center of L’Espiga, where they took riding lessons as an extra-curricular activity promoted by AMPA. Also during the summer, Luixi organized all-day camps and on Thursdays they stayed to sleep in tents. “I had an excuse to hide the little ones there and sleep with the big ones,” explains the mother who reads this newspaper. The victims blaming Luixi are teenagers between the ages of 13 and 16, whom she traps by reassuring them that they are worth the ride and offering to work with her.
On Monday, April 3, a family finally filed their first complaint against the tamer at a Mossos d’Esquadra police station. Pandora’s box has been opened.
arrested
Luixi was arrested the next day, Tuesday, April 4th. Investigators received six new complaints following the arrest. On Friday, the person under investigation was referred to the Arenys court, which ordered his incarceration as a precautionary measure. “There are more victims,” says this mother who filed the complaint.
The statements of the minors were “strong”, as the Catalan police explained to the mayor. Josep Sanchezannounced that the City Council will enforce the charge against Luixi. Some complainants stated that while pretending to value them, they not only sexually harassed them, but also psychologically ill-treated them.
“Hand on Fire”
While for many residents of Arenys de Munt, Luixi’s arrest came as a surprise, tempered by the warnings of some parents, for families with children from other municipalities registered with L’Espiga and who were captivated by Luixi’s kindness and animal-lovingness, the news was caught completely off-guard. discourse “We used to throw our hands into the fire for her. She loved children and horses,” explains the mother, who lives in a nearby town and has sent her daughter to camps for the past three summers. “The only thing that caught our attention is the teachers who helped him. very youngthey looked small,” he admits.
Several horse owners living in the center of L’Espiga came to pick them up on Thursday following Luixi’s arrest. But others decided to keep them in the barn. The version of how he treats animals varies depending on who is listening. The two owners who decide to keep them at L’Espiga assure that Luixi takes very good care of them. But other parents say they see the opposite. “He beat them with a rope and punished them without eating them.. He gave one punched him in the nose and caused him to bleed” indicates.
This Sunday there were a dozen horses in the center of L’Espiga, some grazing in herds and others younger, in closed quarters. The caravan, where most of the reported sexual assaults took place, was sealed by Mossos.