The young girl M.H. who was a victim of sexual abuse by a police colonel and a general is pregnant, according to doctors. Also, the psychological forensic report, following an interview with the 17-year old teenager, on 24 June 2019 by Dr. Rosa Yudelka de los Santos, confirms that General José Alejandro Antonio Acosta Castellanos and Colonel Ángel Antonio Bautista Piña sexually abused the minor.
The two officials are accused of the abuse following the publication of a video showing her having sex with the colonel and later appearing in several photos with the general.
General Jose Alejandro Antonio Acosta Castellanos was serving as commander of the Cibao Central region and was suspended from the position.
The media reported that the general allegedly paid for at least two abortions for the girl, with whom he had been having sexual relations since she was 15 years old.
Being interviewed by the National District Prosecutor, the mother of the child, whose name is not published for legal reasons, explained that the girl was sent by the colonel to the Rafey Jail to visit a supposed drug dealer to extort RD$120,000 from him. She said that the colonel dressed her in a police uniform, gave her a pistol and sent her to the jail to get the money. However, the supposed drug capo slapped her, took the gun, and when the General found out what had happened, he told her to leave for the capital since if anything happened to her, it would be the fault of the colonel.
The mother went on to say that the colonel told her daughter that if she, the mother, was going to accuse the colonel and make him stand trial for the video, that she should do the same for the general as he had been the girl’s first boyfriend.
She then said that she had a meeting with the general to come to an agreement, and he gave her a television, a refrigerator and a bed. She defended the general saying he had never wanted to hurt her daughter. She then said that after the video had appeared, her daughter wished to continue her relationship with the general, but that she had not gone to Santiago to see him, although they had stayed in contact.
The mother acknowledged her daughter was blackmailing the general with the photos of them both.
Talking about her daughter’s pregnancy, she said that she only found out recently as her daughter was taking contraceptives and although she was pregnant, the family is not sure who the father is.
The colonel and general were sent to pre-trial custody for three months. They will serve the sentences at the Special Operations Jail in Manoguayabo, West Santo Domingo.
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3 July 2019