A 72-year-old man convicted of sexual abuse and a fugitive since 2017 has been arrested

They arrested a 72-year-old retiree who had been sentenced in 2017 to 15 years in prison for sexual abuse and corruption of minors and has been a fugitive from justice ever since. He was captured near the J.J. Gómez neighborhood of the city of General Roca, Río Negro, according to the Public Prosecutor’s Office.

Mario Toledo / Source: Diario de Río Negro

The man was identified as Mario Toledo who committed several crimes of sexual abuse with carnal access against several victims, all minors. The events occurred in the Rionegrin town of Valcheta.Toledo was found this Thursday at noon from the work carried out by the Logistics Support and Investigation Unit of the Public Prosecutor’s Office with seat in Cipolletti, in coordination with the Rio Negro Police, who alerted the prosecutor’s office on duty.

After being alerted by the police personnel, the Prosecutor’s Office in turn proceeded to request the pertinent measures and made effective the arrest of the accused, a fugitive from justice for more than five years.” When there was a national order to proceed with his arrest, the work was articulated so that this noon Federal Police personnel could proceed to his delay,” judicial sources said.

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