Yucatán Mechanic Arrested for Years of Child Abuse

Mérida, Yucatán — Investigative agents from the Secretariat of Public Security (SSP) in coordination with the State Attorney General’s Office (FGE) and with support from federal forces, arrested José Manuel “N,” a 49-year-old mechanic originally from Mérida, Yucatán, this Friday.

This individual is accused of the crimes of aggravated equivalent rape and attempted rape against a minor.

According to the complaint filed by the child’s mother, and based on evidence gathered by agents and investigative prosecutors, the subject is likely responsible for the crimes he is charged with.

The abuses occurred since November 2015, when the victim was four years old, and then in November 2017, in October 2019, in October 2021, and in March 2023.

Throughout that time, the aggressor exercised physical and moral violence, threatening the child that if he told what happened, he would harm him and his mother.

The subject was evading justice but was located and apprehended by state and federal authorities and placed at the disposal of the Control Judge who ordered his capture.