Lardero relives the nightmare six months later: the Civil Guard takes a predator of minors off the street

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The echoes of the major tragedy that had shaken

and the entire country half a year ago returned to the

barracks in

(La Rioja) at the end of April.

The parents of an 11-year-old girl went to file a complaint about the constant harassment suffered by her daughter by a man from

who bothered her when she left school, in the park and at the bus stop.

Once again the stage was Lardero.

Instinctively, the heads of the agents traveled to last October 28 when

- who had just been released from prison after spending 23 years behind bars for killing a woman and abusing a minor - tricked

nine years, from a park while celebrating

and allegedly strangled him at home.

The neighbors had been warning of the strange behavior of the man for weeks, since then in prison.

Aware of the collective panic that still persists in the municipality and given the seriousness of the events, the Civil Guard designed a device that has shown two things: the "predatory" profile of the harasser and his fixation with the girl.

The operation has had the collaboration of the

.

The girl claimed that the 41-year-old man was chasing her saying obscenities.

She was wearing a mask, hood and sunglasses.

She began protecting the girl with plainclothes officers who became her shadow.

In this way, she was able to identify the man, certify the harassment and, in addition, get closer to his personality and his habits.

It was common for him to go out at night and get lost in dark alleys, according to research sources.

She moved with two different vehicles and, on many occasions, she drove with her pants down.

Inside his car, investigators found open condoms.

In the two weeks that the device lasted, the Civil Guard followed him daily.

He watched as he followed the minor and also how he slowed down his car as he passed through parks and schools.

It was vital to gather enough evidence to arrest him and bring him before a judge with sufficient guarantees to get him off the street.

They made it.

On May 3, the arrest took place and, a day later, they brought him to justice.

The magistrate has sent him to prison for harassing minors after the girl recognized him without any doubt and the irrefutable evidence presented by the civil guards.

The man, like Almeida, refused to testify both at the police and judicial headquarters.

Lardero has revived, for the second time in half a year, although with a totally different result, the anguish of living with a disturbing man since, the same sources specify, many parents were aware of what was happening.

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