Alarming figures for cases of alleged sexual abuse according to Legal Medicine

Bogota

the balance of legal Medicine for the January-November period, it says that during this year 23,726 examinations for alleged sexual crimes.

Of the total of that number, 19.570 of the cases the victims were under 18 years of age

Examinations for alleged abuse were carried out 2.327 children between zero and five years; 5,983 cases were reported whose victims were children between the ages of six and 11; and 11,260 exams in adolescents from 13 to 17 years old.

This report indicates that 115 older adults were victims of alleged sexual abuse. The rest of the cases, the victims were adults between the ages of 18 and 59.

Bogotá, Medellín and Cali are the cities with the highest number of victims who underwent this type of examination.