North Colombia mayor arrested on child sex abuse charges

May 5, 2015

North Colombia mayor arrested on child sex abuse charges
posted by Adriaan Alsema

The mayor of Taraza, a town in northern Colombia, has been arrested on charges he sexually abused a child under 14 while in office, newspaper El Colombiano reported on Monday.

According to the Medellin newspaper, the prosecution chief of the Antioquia province said that Mayor Hector Leonidas Giraldo (Radical Change) was arrested for allegedly sexually abusing a minor in June 2012, half a year after taking office.

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According to Colombia’s medical examiner’s office, more than 10,000 children under 14 were sexually abused between January and September last year.

The age of consent in Colombia is 14.

More:
http://colombiareports.co/north-colombia-mayor-arrested-on-child-sex-abuse-charges/