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Between 2020 and 2023, I wrote a story each Sunday for the weekend section of La Tercera newspaper, covering different beats according to the week’s contingency. Here is one of my best stories about gender, which was published in the printed edition and the digital website of the newspaper.
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12/23/2022
Belén, the girl raped at the age of 11 by her stepfather: the aggressor returns to haunt her.
In 2013, the case of an 11-year-old girl in Frutillar, a local town in the south of Chile, who was raped and got pregnant by her stepfather, shook the nation. It also spurred the first protests advocating for the legalization of abortion under specific circumstances. The perpetrator was sentenced to 10 years in prison. However, in 2020, he was granted parole despite the Correctional Service's warning that he remained a threat. I traveled to Frutillar and met Belén, now 20 years old. In this exclusive interview, she shares her story for the first time and issues a stark warning: the man who assaulted her has resurfaced, seeking her out again.
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