Tito Franklin Escobar Ayllon, a taxi driver, began to be tried for the rape of a passenger in April 2015 in Argentina. During the hearing, Escobar Ayllon expressed: “I apologize to her and my family.”
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However, he refused to answer questions and He did not want to be present during the statement of the victim, Manuela Ponz.
The victim’s lawyer, Adriana Biera, commented that the defendant’s words represented an admission of guilt. “It was an attempt to improve his situation in the face of an eminent conviction,” said Biera. The hearing will continue next Tuesday with the allegations of the complaint, the prosecutor Sandro Abraldes and the defense of Escobar Ayllon.
The victim’s lawyer explained to ‘LA NACION’ that This trial represents not only the possibility of clarifying the factsbut also a hope so that Manuela Ponz can close a period of pain and impunity after so many years of struggle.
The lawyer expressed her confidence that the truth will prevail and reaffirmed her commitment to working tirelessly to ensure justice is done and to prevent other victims from facing a similar situation.
🚨 Tito Franklin Escobar Ayllon, the taxi driver accused of rape who spent more than 8 years on the run, was captured yesterday in Bolivia.
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Tito Franklin Escobar Ayllon, who was on the run for eight years, was arrested in Bolivia in July of last year. The arrest order was issued by Buenos Aires criminal and correctional judge Manuel Gorostiaga.with the collaboration of the Special Prosecutor’s Unit in Complex Criminal Investigation (Ufecri), directed by prosecutor José María Campagnoli. This unit is responsible for identifying NN criminals and locating fugitives wanted by Justice.
In an interview in April 2020, five years after the attack, Manuela Ponz had declared to ‘LA NACION’: “I’m not going to stop until I find the taxi driver who raped me.”
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Tito Franklin Escobar Ayllon was born on August 26, 1970 in Bolivia. Investigators had suspected for a time that he had fled to his native country after the sexual attack he committed in 2015.
The attack occurred in the early morning of April 18 of that year, after the victim left a bar in Colegiales and boarded the taxi driven by Escobar Ayllon, heading to his home in Recoleta.
In an interview with ‘LA NACION’, the victim reported that she had consumed three fernets and fell asleep in the taxi due to fatigue. When she woke up, she found the driver on top of her, having removed her underwear and sexually assaulting her.
To try to scare him, she told him that she had AIDS, but he didn’t stop. According to the victim, Escobar Ayllon opened the glove compartment, took a condom and continued with the rape. “I preferred that he kill me than continue raping me,” he declared in the same interview.
Tito Franklin Escobar Ayllon, the taxi driver on the run since 2015 for the abuse of a young woman, was arrested in the Bolivian city of El Alto. He is already in the country at the disposal of Justice to be investigated.
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Police initially detained another taxi driver as a suspect, but he was released when the victim did not recognize him in a court proceeding. Later, Manuela Ponz identified Escobar Ayllon in a photographic lineup before prosecutor Eduardo Cubría. However, by that time, the accused had already fled.
Lawyer Adriana Biera, representative of the victim, expressed that she felt honored to accompany her in this process. He highlighted the bravery and strength of Manuela Ponz during these yearss, highlighting his commitment to truth and justice.
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