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Gender-based violence and sexual abuse prosecutions
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From May to August 2026, courts across Latin America and Spain intensified the prosecution of gender-based crimes and sexual abuse. Earlier efforts in Argentina, Mexico, and Brazil focused on femicide investigations, preventive detentions, and new anti-femicide statutes. In mid-August, judicial activity centered on sexual abuse investigations and sentencing. In Argentina, authorities investigated a case at Penitentiary School No. 7 in Las Flores, where a 19-year-old cadet reported being assaulted by seven fellow students; prosecutor Jorgelina Moser Ferro ordered the detention of the suspects. Other Argentine rulings included a six-month sentence for knife-related injuries in Dolores, the denial of parole for a sexual abuse convict in Azul due to an “unfavorable psychological report,” and an 11-year sentence for a man who abused three granddaughters. Additionally, a priest in Córdoba received a sentence of three years and four months for simple sexual abuse. Recent developments in Argentina include the sentencing of Fernando Quiroga to 10 years and 6 months for the attempted murder of his former partner, an attack classified as aggravated by treachery, domestic relationship, and gender violence. In Buenos Aires, Eduardo Alejandro García received a suspended three-year sentence after admitting to 15 counts of simple sexual abuse against three women, including a minor. In Mexico, Alejandro Mazatán Sahagún was sentenced to over 13 years for the 2022 sexual abuse of a minor. In Paraguay, the Supreme Court upheld the acquittal of a former Judicial Ethics Tribunal member accused of domestic violence, citing insufficient evidence. In Spain, the Ertzaintza arrested four men in Vizcaya for the alleged sexual abuse of a 14-year-old girl. Separately, the Spanish Supreme Court established a legal precedent, ruling that a change of sex does not have retroactive effects to annul a prior conviction for gender-based violence if the offenses were committed when the perpetrator was legally recognized as a man.
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- 2026-08-20 21:14 UTC Gender-based violence and sexual abuse prosecutions
- 2026-08-19 16:45 UTC Gender-based violence and sexual abuse prosecutions
- 2026-08-08 03:31 UTC Gender‑based violence and femicide in Latin America
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