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Prosecutors add third charge in Ana Lucía González case

Prosecutors filed a third charge against the alleged perpetrator in the death of Ana Lucía González, a nine-year-old girl found on September 15 in Ciudad…

--- The context --- The case of Ana Lucía González, a nine-year-old girl, has gripped Bogotá since September 15, when her body was found in a rainwater canal in Ciudad Bolívar, in the south of the Colombian capital. The proceedings against the man identified by prosecutors as the alleged perpetrator took a new turn this week, with an additional charge that widens the investigation into what happened before the child's death. --- The facts --- Prosecutors charged the accused, Shenner José Rojas Lárez, a Venezuelan national, with aggravated abusive carnal access with a minor under 14 years of age. This third charge adds to the earlier counts of aggravated femicide and aggravated sexual acts with a minor under 14, so the defendant now faces three charges within the same judicial case. According to the prosecution, the decision rested on a report by the National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences, and investigators placed the alleged abuse between June 2026 and September 15, 2026. The investigation states that events began on September 14 at a home in Ciudad Bolívar, that the girl left the property seeking help, and that she was later taken to a property in Fontibón, in western Bogotá. --- The positions --- Prosecutors maintain that the forensic findings support the new hypothesis without altering the charges already filed, and that the accused allegedly took advantage of cohabitation and a relationship of trust within the same household. The girl's family, through its lawyer, Solarte, reported alleged threats attributed to the detainee against his former partner, Rusmery González, and asked the Ministry of Justice and the prison authority Inpec to transfer him or tighten prison controls. --- What remains unknown --- The date of the next hearings is not yet known, nor is there an official decision on the transfer requested by the victims' counsel. The available information also does not state whether Inpec will reinforce controls at Cómbita prison, where the accused remains in custody. --- Unanswered questions --- What concrete measures will the Ministry of Justice and Inpec adopt in response to the report of alleged threats? When will the hearing resume, and how will the accused answer the charges against him? What protection will the girl's family and the witnesses receive during the trial? Can the investigation accurately reconstruct what happened between June and September 2026? --- EPM analysis --- The case file shows an investigation that is not limited to the discovery of September 15: it seeks to reconstruct previous months of alleged harm within the victim's close environment. That breadth of evidence may prove decisive at trial, but it also requires institutions to protect the family effectively, because every report of pressure that goes unanswered in time erodes trust in the justice system. 📌 EPM Take: In EPM's view, the filing of a third charge shows an investigation determined to reconstruct the full sequence of events rather than only the fatal outcome. When the victim is a nine-year-old girl, the State carries a double duty: to establish every stage of the facts with rigorous evidence and to shield the family from any improper pressure. The report of alleged threats from prison demands an immediate institutional response, because without protected witnesses and effective prison controls there can be no full justice and no public trust in the process.
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