The man who allegedly sexually abused and impregnated his 10-year-old stepdaughter was arrested after 15 days on the run, police said.
The man who allegedly sexually abused and impregnated his 10-year-old stepdaughter, sparking a debate on abortion in Paraguay, was arrested on Saturday (May 9) after 15 days on the run, police said.
Gilberto Benitez, 42, insisted he was innocent and set-up by his girlfriend, the stepdaughter's mother. He faces 15 years in prison if convicted of rape.
"I will do any (paternity) test to show it wasn't me," he said, adding: "I've been with tons of women, and I never got anybody pregnant."
The rape and impregnation of the 10-year-old girl prompted a heated abortion discussion in both houses of the country's Congress. Abortion is a criminal offense in Paraguay, a conservative mostly Roman Catholic country, except in cases when the mother's life is in danger.
Humanitarian groups say the girl's 75-pound (34 kilo) body cannot support her pregnancy, now at five months, and her life is in danger. The government, courts, the Catholic Church and other groups have insisted that her pregnancy not be terminated, partly due to its advanced stage.
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