To the story of the children miraculously surviving 40 days in the jungles of Colombia, another eerie chapter has been added, about which only rumors are known: Police arrested Miller Manuel Ranoque Morales by order of the attorney general’s office. He is the father of the Mucutuy brothers rescued on June 9 in “Operation Hope” and the stepfather of two other girls. The weight of the blame is on him having committed sexual abuse of two minorsOne of them has sexual access, according to the judicial authorities of the city of Florencia Caquetá, about 600 kilometers from the capital.
The information confirmed some of the suspicions surrounding Ranoque Morales. In fact, once rescued, not only did the minors’ maternal families refuse them to come to Bogotá: started accusing him of domestic violence and sexual abuse.
Family Welfare, a government agency, went so far as to ban him from contact with children. Ranoque Morales made a claim a few weeks ago. Millionaire compensation to Avianline Charter’s SAS., the company that owns the crashed plane carrying Magdalena Mucutuy, her partner who died in the crash, and Lesly Mucutuy (13 years old), Soleiny Mucutuy (nine years old), Tien Noriel Ronoque Mucutuy (four years old) and Cristin. Neriman Ranoque Mucutuy (one year).
Statements before prosecution
The novel adventures of minors kept the country on hold for 40 days. Rescue power found them malnourished and weak. He was treated at the Military Hospital. “Children are still in the process of establishing their rights. We will not subject them to any other exercise. Their history and personal life are their character,” said Family Welfare’s Astrid Cáceres.
Ranoque Morales denied the initial public charges brought against him by the mother at the time. “They want to take the children begging for resources through children, making a mess. “Because that’s all they know how to do,” he said. Time. Regarding the sexual harassment allegations, “The girl herself has already explained that I have nothing to do with her out of respect for her.” But when he learned that he was arrested, Maria Fatima Valencia, grandmother The minor’s mother linked Ranoque Morales’ fate with the same statements Lesly Mucutuy made before the prosecution: “He who laughs last laughs best, everything he said was a lie.” The grandmother also gave her statement before the court: “got drunk… made fun of my daughter“.
William Castro, the indigenous governor of the Puerto Sábalo-Los Monos community, accused Ranoque of being violent. “there were neighbors Witnesses of children being beaten by their motherHe attacked her with a machete. “He tried to molest Magdalena’s eldest daughter,” he said.
Ranoque abandoned that population claim to have threats one of the opposition groups exFARC, which does not accept the peace treaty