Peru to release Chilean couple accused of child trafficking

Record ID: 1355449

  • Title: Peru to release Chilean couple accused of child trafficking
  • Date: 8th September 2018
  • Summary: LIMA, PERU (SEPTEMBER 8, 2018) (REUTERS) APPEALS COURT EXTERIOR PARENTS OF DETAINED CHILEAN MAN, WHO ACTED AS SURROGATE PARENT, ARRIVE IN APPEALS COURT, GET OUT OF CAR COUPLE WALKING INTO BUILDING LUISA GALVAN AND JORGE TOVAR, PARENTS OF DETAINED MAN, WALKING INTO COURT PARENTS SITTING DOWN AHEAD OF COURT HEARING WITH JUDGE GENERAL VIEW OF COURT PROCEEDINGS DETAINED CHILEANS, ROSARIO MADUENO ATALAYA AND HER HUSBAND JORGE TOVAR, SEEN ON SCREEN FROM PRISON TO TAKE PART IN HEARING VIA TELECONFERENCE DETAINED CHILEAN WOMAN, MADUENO ATALAYA, SEEN CRYING ON SCREEN (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) DEFENCE PROSECUTOR FROM CALLAO, ROSARIO CARPIO, SAYING: "To persist in the preventive detention of those investigated today would be arbitrary. In that sense, this public prosecutor's office - regarding the crime of human trafficking with regards to the preventive detention measure dictated in that sense - is pointed out in the request papers ordered by the defence." GENERAL OF COURT HEARING, UNDERWAY (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) APPEALS JUDGE, ORLANDO TAPIA, SAYING: "The suspects Jorge Arnaldo Tovar Perez and Rosario de los Angeles Madueno Atalaya who are both currently detained at the Sarita Colonia of Callao and Ancon 1 prisons will wait for a letter today to be sent to the directors of the before mentioned prisons, requesting their immediate release." RELATIVES OF DETAINED MAN HUGGING IN COURT GALVAN WALKING DOWN STEPS AFTER LEAVING COURT (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) FATHER OF DETAINED MAN, JORGE TOVAR, SAYING: "We knew that all this, this is now back to normal. It was confirmed and our conscience was clear in a way but we have suffered after two weeks of uncertainty." GALVAN CRYING AND HUGGING RELATIVE
  • Embargoed: 22nd September 2018 22:45
  • Keywords: Detention Peru surrogate Chile revoked prison suspected human trafficking
  • Location: LIMA, PERU
  • City: LIMA, PERU
  • Country: Peru
  • Reuters ID: LVA0018WRNSQR
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: A Peruvian appeals court on Saturday (September 8) ordered the release from preventive detention of a Chilean married couple, while dismissing child trafficking charges against the pair.
    The decision was made after DNA test results came back positive showing suspect Jorge Tovar had acted as a surrogate parent to twins born in Peru.
    In a public hearing in Callao, the court ordered the immediate release of the couple Jorge Tovar and Rosario Madueno, who were jailed in Callao.
    "The investigated Jorge Arnaldo Tovar Perez and Rosario de los Angeles Madueno Atalaya who are both currently detained at the Sarita Colonia of Callao and Ancon 1 prisons will wait for a letter today to be sent to the directors of the before mentioned prisons, requesting their immediate release," said appeals Judge, Orlando Tapia.
    Upon leaving court, the father of the accused man, Jorge Tovar, said they always knew their son was innocent.
    "We knew that all this is now back to normal. It was confirmed and our conscience was clear in a way but we have suffered after two weeks of uncertainty."
    According to local media, the couple will continue to be subject to further investigations and will not be able to return to Chile for the time being.
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