Courts in Argentina, Mexico, Bolivia, Spain and Ecuador Hand Down Prison Sentences for Sexual Abuse and Violent Crimes

In Argentina, a man from Firmat was sentenced to three years of conditional imprisonment for aggravated sexual abuse of a family‑related minor, while a jury in Nogoyá imposed a 14‑year term for the sexual abuse of two children.

In Mexico, a Baja California Sur court gave a 15‑year prison term and a 10,800‑peso restitution to Luis Manuel “N” for raping a teenage girl, and a Nuevo León tribunal sentenced a construction worker to 25 years for the murder of a fellow laborer with a pickaxe.

Bolivia’s Beni department sentenced tourism guide Ismael J.C. to 25 years for raping a 13‑year‑old French visitor in Rurrenabaque, a verdict confirmed by the Tribunal of Anticorruption and Violence Against Women.

Spain’s Audiencia Provincial of Cantabria convicted a man of five years’ imprisonment for possessing and sharing hundreds of files of child pornography, adding supervised liberty and a 15‑year professional ban.

Ecuador’s first criminal court sentenced Luis David N. to 26 years for the femicide of 20‑year‑old Brenda García, who was eight months pregnant, and ordered USD 30,000 compensation to her parents.