Cancun, Q.R. — A man was taken into police custody Sunday on charges of kidnapping a minor. Since his arrest, those charges now include rape. On Sunday, the State Attorney General (FGE) reported on the detainment of Pedro “N” after rescuing a 12-year-old Colombian girl.
In their statement, the Fiscalía General del Estado (FGE) said they “opened an investigation against the alleged aggressor of the minor identified as Pedro “N”
“The victim lived with her mother who passed away, so she was left in the care of her grandmother and aunt, a situation that Pedro “N”, who is of legal age, possibly took advantage of.”
According to the FGE, Pedro “N” is likely “to have fallen in love with her, even asking her to be his girlfriend and take her to his house to live as a couple. Given this situation, the girl’s relatives reported her disappearance.”
The girl was reported missing from her home Sunday around 10:15 a.m.. Home security cameras captured the man believed to be Pedro “N” putting the girl into his car before driving off.
Later that morning, the girl was located tied to a tree in the Los Corales neighborhood of Cancun from where she was rescued by police. The area where she was found is close to the home of the man who allegedly kidnapped her.
It was early Sunday afternoon that police located the vehicle seen on the home security camera. The car was found parked outside a residental building on Calle 2 Sur where he was arrested.
“With the support of the Colombian Consulate and personnel from the Benito Juárez Municipal DIF System, the victim was incorporated into the family nucleus with her father, who resides in Colombia,” the FGE reported.
