Social Rights investigates how the DGAIA acted in the case of the girl raped by the pedophilia ring

BarcelonaAfter 48 hours of silence, the Generalitat has announced that it has opened an information file to review the reaction of the General Directorate of Child and Adolescent Care (DGAIA) when it detected, in 2021, the repeated rapes of a 12-year-old girl under the care of the administration by a man who facilitated the rape of other pedophiles. The Department of Social Rights and Inclusion has not commented on the attacks nor has it explained whether the minor is still in a center, awaiting the appearance of Minister Mònica Martínez Bravo in Parliament.

In a brief statement, the department reports that the Minister has requested to appear in Parliament to explain the preliminary conclusions of this information file opened as a result of the case. However, the Ministry has not reported whether an internal investigation was opened in 2021. According to the statement, the attacks on the minor were reported "thanks to the intervention of the center's educational staff," who, upon suspecting some clues, activated the relevant protocols, although several sources in the sector had recently explained to ARA that There is no guide on how to act in a similar situation.

Everything points to a 45-year-old man, an electrician by profession, leading the pedophilia ring. He is also accused of repeatedly raping the girl, who at the time was under the care of the DGAIA (National Directorate of Investigation), although her parents remained the legal guardians. The Prosecutor's Office is seeking 107 years in prison for this Barcelona electrician for repeatedly raping the girl and for organizing the gang sexual assaults of a dozen teenagers, which he recorded on video and distributed online. During a search of the prime suspect's home, the Mossos d'Esquadra (Catalan Police) found 100,000 photographs and 20,000 videos of assaults and pornographic images involving minors, as if it were "a pornographic film."

The counselor goes dismiss Isabel Carrasco as head of the DGAIA a few weeks ago, just six months after appointing her, and replaced her with Manager of the Social Services Department of the Barcelona Provincial Council, Josep MuñozThe DGAIA serves more than 19,000 minors in Catalonia.