Gerson Fuentes, the man who admitted raping a 10-year-old girl, is in jail awaiting trial.
The mother of a 10-year-old girl from Ohio who crossed state lines to have an abortion defended his daughter’s confessed rapist27 years old, wrongly classified by the authorities as a minor, in a case that is gaining strong public notoriety in the United States, and which has led to the President Joe Biden express themselves on the subject.
The defendant is Gerson Fuentes, an illegal immigrant to the United States from Guatemala. The girl entered the state of Indiana to have an abortion
“She’s my daughter”The mother, who refused to name the girl who was just 10 when she was mistreated and pregnant, confirmed to Telemundo.
Gerson Fuentes would have been reported by a doctor as a 17-year-old person, when in fact he is 27. i
“She is my daughter. It’s okay. Everything they say about him against him is a lie. “the woman said of Fuentes, who had previously confessed in police interviews that he raped the girl at least twice, according to the court and official documents.
The minor’s mother spoke to Telemundo while he hid behind the door of his apartment in the city of Columbus, state of Ohio. That apartment was also referred to as the home of the rapist Fuentes. At the time, the woman was on the defensive and said she wasn’t the one who filed a complaint against her child’s assailant.
The case acquired national significance due to the abortion restrictions imposed by Ohio after the Supreme Court revoked her protection in June, which allegedly led to the girl going to the neighboring state, even though Ohio authorities say she could have had an abortion without having to travel.
The President of the United States, the Democrat Joe Bidentook the case in public last week to attack his Republican rivals, who control the Ohio state government.
A reporter from the Telemundo network went to the home of the raped girl’s mother and the woman said she did not file a complaint against Gerson Fuentes.
“Raped and pregnant for six weeks with ten years. Already traumatized and had to travel to another state. Imagine you are that little girlBiden said.
The accused and confessed perpetrator of the rape is, according to immigration sources cited by the conservative channel Fox Newsa Guatemalan immigrant who is in the United States in an irregular situation.
Fuentes – who confessed to police that he raped the girl on at least two occasions – received a two million dollars in bail and for the time being he remains detained in the Franklin County Jail (Ohio).
After the Supreme Court overturned legal protection for abortion, Ohio activated a law that was suspended and bans most abortions after six weeks or more. when the first heartbeat is detected of the fetus
Although Democrats are using this case to attack Ohio Republicans over abortion restrictions, the state attorney general, Dave Yostassured in press statements that the girl could legally have an abortion in Ohio given the circumstances of her case.
The president of the United States together with congresswoman Kamala Harris spoke about the case of the raped girl who had to go from the state of Ohio to the state of Indiana to have an abortion. Photo: AP
The shocking case came to light when the girl was taken across state lines to terminate her pregnancy in Indiana on June 30. However, even though Fuentes was 27, the person who got the girl pregnant was described as a minor in the report her abortionist submitted to authorities, according to Fox News Digital, which obtained a copy.
The doctor. Caitlin Bernard listed the rapist as being around 17 in her official filing with the Indiana Department of Healthsaid the medium.
It was not immediately clear whether Fuentes was identified in the document. Fox only said that she showed how Bernard reported performing a non-surgical abortion on a 10-year-old Mexican girl with a “6 weeks of pregnancy on June 30th “.
Bernard was the one who later highlighted the tragic case in an interview with the Indy Star on July 1. The doctor’s lawyer Kathleen De Laney, insisted that Bernard take all appropriate and appropriate measures in accordance with the law and his medical and ethical training as a physician. “He has followed all relevant policies, procedures and regulations in this case, just as he does every day to provide the best possible care for his patients,” the attorney told Fox.
DeLaney also said they are “considering legal action against those who defamed my client, including Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita,” who is investigating Bernard’s actions.
Fuentes was arrested on Tuesday and will remain in custody until next Friday, when he will have to go to court again.
Source: Clarin
