LaSexta had access to recordings of statements from two of the accused for the conspiracy to corrupt minors in Murcia and one of the victimsstatements which were made before the judge between 2015 and 2017. This network of pimps recruited underage girls to put them in contact with a clientele, generally elderly, looking for sex. Among them, as it was discovered, are Murcian businessmen.
One of the victims states in his statement before the judge that She was attacked, when she was a minor, by at least five men. He claims the pimp asked him to I pretended to be smaller than I was. “Yes, she was a minor, but some customers preferred them smaller,” he can be heard saying in one of the recordings. “I had to say I was 15 or 14 because that’s what they were looking for.“. The victim also claims that customers never wanted to use a condom and always gave him an excuse not to.
The condemned
Businessman Antonio Giménez Pelegrínone of the accused in this plot and accused of two offenses for which he must serve 10 months in prison, denied everything at trial and justified himself by asserting that he had not had “sexual relations” because of his sexual problems. heart. According to this press release, since he underwent heart surgery in 2002, “it hasn’t worked.”
On the other hand, in the judge’s sentence, he clearly indicated that he was attacking minors. being fully aware of his age.
Another sentenced, this one to five months in prison and accused of a crime, is Juan Martínez Fernández, former undertaker. He also denied having sexual contact with the victims during the trial and defended himself by asserting that “I only had dinner with them“: “They showed them to me and said, ‘Look how pretty my niece or my cousin is,'” he said.
The 13 people found guilty of this plot admitted the facts in exchange for sentences, agree with the prosecution, which in principle would avoid his entry into prison, but none of the sentences exceeds two years. The final word on whether or not there will be a prison sentence will be made in the courtroom on October 7.
The tests
The evidence collected as part of the investigation into this case of sexual exploitation of minors shows that both the clients, the immodests and the pimps they knew what they were doing. There are screenshots of WhatsApp conversations in which one of the pimps offers clients of a law firm a under 17 years old and one of them replies: “It’s good, but I like them younger“.
In another screenshot you can read how he proposed to another girl saying “I have a 16 year old brunette available for today”. All the clients and pimps knew the girls’ ages. Actually, They were looking for minors.
Another piece of evidence that reveals the criminal organization is the accounting. The apartment in which Yessenia, one of the pimps, lived with her husband – also accused – and her son; It served as a brothel, which was still a business. In other words, this organization profited from the sexual exploitation of minors.
A diary was also found showing the girls’ salaries. The service costs 120 euros, but the victims took between 10 and 30 euros.
How was the affair discovered?
The father of one of the minors said his 15-year-old daughter had not returned home and did not know where she was.. A friend told her that she had seen her daughter enter an apartment where there was a lot of movement of men. The Civil Guard began to investigate and not only found the minor, but discovered that this apartment, in reality, It was an underground brothel.
The “modus operandi”
The three leading pimps of this organization are those who they went to a disco during children’s hoursto schools or even to deceived teenagers who had placed an ad on the Internet to work as cleaners or waitresses.
