The Civil Guard arrested a 45-year-old man in the Lleida town of La Seu d’Urgell as part of operation ‘Opikum’. sexually assaulted four Ukrainian refugee children Cartagena after escaping the war in your country of origin. It was the victims, boys and girls under the age of 12, who told their families what this person had done to them.
According to sources from this institution, the person currently in prison He lived in the port city with the families of citizens displaced by the war in Ukraine. He gained the trust of the mothers by being left alone with the little ones.
The operation began at the end of September, when a woman reported to members of an association in Cartagena that aims to provide support to displaced persons and refugees that she suspected that a fellow citizen living in the same building with them might sexually assault them. to their children and minors.
Supporting: social agents After this affair, the mother went to the Civil Guard barracks in Cartagena to report what her children had told her and told investigators that the person currently detained He gained their trust and the trust of the children he played with, and used the moments he was alone with them to touch them. in intimate areas.
After the mother realized what was happening, she spoke to other citizens, mothers of minor children who were related to this man, and two of them also made a presentation. Complaints indicating that the suspect is the author of several books sexual assaults.
Try to escape to Lérida
Learning that they were chasing him, he tried to escape. He fled the port city and moved to Catalonia. But they tracked him down: Investigators discovered that the man had certain ties to the municipality of Lleida. La Seu d’Urgell, where he escaped with the intention of leaving the national territory and location.
While he was taken into custody, 4 mobile phones were confiscated. sunglasses with integrated hidden camerabeing analyzed.
The prisoner, the seized items and the proceedings carried out were placed at the disposal of the Court of Inquiry of La Seu d’Urgell (Lérida), which ordered the owner to be imprisoned. temporary prison. The guess is that the issue will be transferred later Region of Murcia will be tried in the community where the crimes of which he is accused were committed.
The ‘Opikum’ operation will remain open until the seized technological storage devices are examined and determined whether they contain files related to the investigation. If only he had recorded his victims or other minors he could do something to.