Colombian women Viviana Andrea Vallejo Gutierrez He was included in the list of the 10 most wanted fugitives published by Interpol, Europol and the National Police in 2022, and after his arrest in 2022 EcuadorThe woman he hid in the woods was extradited to Spain for trial last year. sexual abuse To young citizens living in apartments in Elche. Now, since the end of last December, Viviana has been on parole after the State Court sentenced her to prison. four years in prison In the same decision, he accepted the postponement of the execution of the sentence for 4 years.
The defendant made his defense lawyers Roberto Sánchez Martínez and Rebeca García SernaHe was detained in Spain from the end of March until 21 December. Since then, he will be able to benefit from conditional freedom as long as he does not commit another crime within the next four years and receives treatment. drug detox in the same period.
The 38-year-old former fugitive, along with three other defendants, was found guilty of trafficking in persons for the purpose of sexual exploitation in connection with prostitution, an offense against the rights of foreign citizens, and illegal immigration. VII of the Elche-based Tribunal. To the penalty imposed by the department.
Defenses reached agreement According to the instructions of the prosecutor’s office reducing the sentences of the defendants Imprisonment from 15 and 18 years to 4 years The court imposed this penalty on them by applying mitigating circumstances such as drug addiction and awarding damages because they paid 18 thousand euros to a protected witness due to non-pecuniary damage before the hearing.
This witness’s testimony is what served to justify the conviction of Viviana and three others; they were all originally from Colombia, a country where they recruited victims of sexual abuse.
According to the facts proven at the sentencing, Viviana, together with another defendant, was the co-director of a criminal organization dedicated to sexual exploitation in apartments between 2019 and 2021. Elche related to women in need they were caught in Colombia.
The victim of the self-proclaimed conspiracy protected witness She has already started prostitution in her country They killed his three brothers and extorted one of them to pay off a debt from a drug deal. Dedicated to prostitution to support her daughter and mother, the witness received a call in November 2019 from an acquaintance in Colombia who offered to contact Viviana. He told her he would help her enter Europe to engage in prostitution and “alleviate her need.” Considering the dramatic situation he agreed and Viviana offered him illegal entry to Spain for 1,500 eurosmoney she would have to give back by working as a prostitute in a brothel.
Another unidentified member of the organization also contacted the woman. Pereira (Colombia) and I gave him hotel reservations in Madrid and Paris and work documents to simulate a business trip. At the Colombian airport in Pereira, they gave him 1000 euros to prove he was at the border. economy routes After arriving in Madrid in mid-November 2019, he was transferred by car to Elche.
She fell into prostitution as soon as she arrived in Elche
They took the thousand euros they gave him during the trip, and he had to fulfill the duty already two hours after arriving at the brothel, where he shared a room with a compatriot. first prostitution service. Two days later, Viviana reported that the debt of 1,500 euros had reached 3,000 euros due to the price of plane tickets, as stated in the sentence.
Protected witness needed to exercise prostitution under “poor conditions” From November 14, 2019, until early March 2020, when he was told he had already paid his “debt.”
Decision, witness He did not receive any money for his services.. Viviana hid everything and was also accused by the defendant. Available 24 hours a day any day of the week, any time. They could only go out for one hour a day, but had to return if a customer called. Likewise, when Viviana refused to respond to requests from clients who requested condomless anal sex or oral sex, she withheld money and increased her debt to the witness.
The conspiracy was using several apartments in Elche as brothels, and they had to move out of one due to neighborhood protests.