The girl who reported her father for abuse in Corrientes returned to school and will testify next week
The prosecutor in charge of the case anticipated that her sister will also go through the Gesell Chamber. The girls were placed in the care of a married couple.
28 May 2026, 18:29hs
Prosecutor María Eugenia Ballara provided details on the latest developments in the investigation of the case of the 14-year-old teenager who said she was beaten and abused by her father in Corrientes.
"When the girl spoke, a chain reaction occurred and the reaction was immediate from the educational community. We took action on the matter right away. We sent the girls to be examined, we requested the father's imprisonment, and more measures began to be taken," she stated.
Ballara indicated that some testimonies have already been taken and advanced that next week the teenager and her 11-year-old sister will be called to testify in the Gesell Chamber. A half-brother who does not live in the same house will also do the same.
Both have already been discharged and remain in the custody of a married couple: "They were removed from their mother's care. It is a precautionary, provisional, and temporary measure, since the mother's situation is under investigation."
The two girls returned to school this week. The decision was made by a psychologist and the school principals after a hearing: "Their attendance at school resumes. We need to see how they will be received, seeing their classmates again. It is a delicate issue."
"It is important to teach these things to children at school, to have psychologists and Comprehensive Sexual Education (ESI) workshops so they can speak. This is textbook. There is always fear, pressure, **but it is essential that they speak. If children know their rights, they will eventually speak," Ballara developed.
In that sense, she analyzed: "We need to be close to adolescents and young people. Many revelations occur in the educational setting because most are intrafamily abuses and in the midst of conflict - which should be a place of care - they cannot trust."
According to what she indicated, the man is accused of sexual abuse with carnal access, aggravated by the bond, continuous crime in one of the victims and a single act in principle in the other. "We will see with the Gesell Chamber if the classification changes," the prosecutor specified.
Regarding the sentence the accused could receive, she explained: "We are talking about four decades. It is a very high penalty and they do not enjoy any benefits. Children's rights are sacred. When we talk about them being violated in their sexual integrity, they are triply violated: for being girls, for being women, and for being victims of sexual crimes. They have international protection."
"He hits me with cables": the testimony of the girl that uncovered the horror
The case came to light on Tuesday, May 12, when the victim arrived at class with visible marks on her body. The teacher separated her from the rest and wanted to know what had happened. It was then that the student, broken by tears, said that her father beat her and sexually abused her and her younger sister.
According to the account, the last attack had occurred the day before. The man would have punished her with cables so that neither of them would speak about the abuse they suffered when their mother was not home.
The complaint activated an urgent operation. The school principal notified the Corrientes Police and the Goya Prosecutor's Office quickly intervened, ordering immediate medical exams for both sisters.
At the Goya Hospital, doctors detected signs compatible with long-standing sexual abuse in both girls. With this evidence, the prosecutor requested the father's arrest and it was carried out afterwards, when he was arrested and transferred to the First Police Station of Goya.
