The Civil Guard, within the framework of the ‘Opikum’ operation, has arrested in the Lleida town of La Seu d’Urgell to a man for sexually assaulting four Ukrainian minors who were asylum in Cartagena (Murcia).
According to sources from this body, the detainee, who is already in prison, He lived in Cartagena with families of compatriots displaced by the war in Ukraine and gained trust of mothers to be left alone with the minors.
The operation began at the end of September, when a Ukrainian woman informed an association in Cartagena, dedicated to providing support to displaced people and refugees, that a compatriot who lived in the same property could be sexually assaulting his minor children.
Assisted by social agents of this association, The mother went to the Civil Guard barracks in Cartagena to report what her children had told her and explained to the investigators. that the now detained man had earned his trust and that of the children, with whom he used to play, and took advantage of the moments in which he was alone with them to touch them in intimate areas.
Once the mother knew what was happening, she spoke with other compatriots, mothers of minors who were also related to this man, and two of them filed complaints that pointed to the suspect as the author of several sexual assaults.
The agents found out that the detainee He had certain ties in the Lleida municipality of La Seu d’Urgell, place to which he had fled with the intention of leaving the national territory and where he was located.
At the time of his arrest Four mobile phones and sunglasses, with an integrated hidden camera, were seized. that are being analyzed.
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The detainee, the effects seized and the proceedings carried out They were placed at the disposal of the Investigative Court of La Seu d’Urgell (Lleida)whose owner has ordered his entry into provisional prison.
Operation Opikum remains open until the storage devices are analyzed seized technology and determine if they contain files related to the investigation.