The kidnapping and rape of a 3-year-old girl in Peru, by the so-called “Monster of Chiclayo”, motivated people to take to the streets to protest, demanding harsher punishments for this type of crime. Due to the above, President Pedro Castillo announced a bill to practice chemical castration on those who comment on these criminal acts.
A convulsive weekend had Peru, after the arrest of the so-called “Monster of Chiclayo”confessed author of having kidnapped and raped a 3-year-old girl, which motivated the local government to promote a project to punish rapists with chemical castration.
Juan Enrique García, 48, admitted having kidnapped and raped the little girl, on Tuesday, April 12, in Chiclayoin the Lambayeque region, in northwestern Peru.
Kidnapping and rape in Peru
According to the Peruvian media, RPP Newsthe events occurred last Tuesday, April 12, when the little girl was reported missing.
Then, the following Wednesday, the National Police found the minor and arrested the alleged culprit, 48 years old, who was accused of the crimes of “sexual rape” and “kidnapping in grievance” of a 3-year-old girl.
After his capture, the streets of Chiclayo were filled with dozens of people demanding life imprisonment for the man, whom they called the “Monster of Chiclayo”. Even an undetermined group set fire and set fire to the defendant’s home.
The “Monster of Chiclayo”
“I only met her last night, at night when I put her in my car when I saw that she was alone.” With those words, Juan Antonio Enríquez, the “Monster of Chiclayo”would have confessed his actions to the National Police.
According Trade of Peru, the defendant added that he held the victim “on the second floor” of his home and that “so that she would not escape, he tied her with packing tape on her feet.”
Similarly, he explained that his intention was to “leave her abandoned in some street or remote place.” However, thanks to the actions of the police, the man was captured and remained in preventive detention for 9 months, while the investigation continues.
Chemical castration in Peru
After knowing the fact, the president of Peru, Pedro Castillo, described it as “atrocious and inhumane” and that this “leads to an enormous reflection as a country to adopt policies more severe state public that safeguard the human rights of the most defenseless, who are our boys and girls”.
Due to the above, the government of Peru proposed the application of “drastic measures” against rapists of minors, such as the chemical castration. In that sense, that Wednesday a chemical castration bill mandatory for rapists of minors, adolescents and women.
In Peru, in 2018, the Legislative Power unanimously approved a law to apply the chemical castration in cases of the crime of rapehowever, the Board of Spokespersons and the Permanent Commission of Congress withdrew it.