Teacher in Mendoza arrested for suspect pedophile content on phone, which suspiciously featured her granddaughter dancing
In a shocking turn of events, the vice-director of a school in Mendoza was arrested on suspicion of distributing child sexual abuse material. The case began on August 7 with three simultaneous raids in the city of Tupungato as part of an investigation into child sexual exploitation.
The arrest was initiated after a US NGO alerted local authorities about a user trying to upload an erotic video of a child to YouTube, with the signal coming from the teacher's residence. Upon searching the premises, no distribution or production material of child sexual abuse was found.
One of the raided houses belonged to the vice-director, and authorities found the cell phone they were looking for in her residence. It was later discovered that the erotic video was recorded by the teacher's 11-year-old granddaughter. The granddaughter of the vice-director was identified as the one who appeared in the inappropriate content.
The woman was detained for seven hours and then released on bail. Before the scandal, she was only a month away from taking the exam to become a director, with retirement planned for the next two years. However, the General Directorate of Schools demoted her from her position as a teacher, assigning her administrative tasks at a tertiary level.
A week later, she was completely removed from her position without pay, a situation that continues to this day. The Cámara Gesell test was negative, so it will not be repeated. Prosecutor Pablo Fossarolli requested acquittal last Thursday, but the judge's decision is still awaited.
The available search results do not provide information about when and where the recording with the obscene content found on the vice-principal's mobile phone was first made. The teacher's lawyer, Juan Franco Ferraris, stated that the teacher didn't understand what was happening and thought her phone might have been taken by a student.
The woman's life and the life of her granddaughter have been ruined due to the scandal. The pink cell phone was described as an old spare phone, stored in a drawer in her grandmother's house. The granddaughter explained that she recorded the video with this phone.
Despite the ongoing investigation, the family of the contractor from Santa Cruz, who was attacked by the UOCRA gang, will remain in prison. The case serves as a stark reminder of the importance of protecting children from sexual exploitation and the consequences that can arise from such actions.
