On Saturday, a 19-month-old girl was allegedly raped and beaten by her aunt’s partner in central Chile.
Ambar died of her injuries at hospital and the Police of Investigations arrested the main suspect.
The Government presented legal actions against the man, who appeared in court Monday and was sent to jail for six months.
The minister of Justice, Hernán Larraín, said that both her family and the State had “failed to give her the protection she needed”.
Ambar was living with her aunt because a family court ruled in her favour, but her brother, Ambar’s uncle, has accused that he was denied guardianship because he is a homosexual.
Ignacio Páez added that, in an audience, he was asked whether he was gay or not.
He says that he was told that that was no problem. Now he aims to obtain guardianship of his other niece, Ambar’s 8-year-old sister.
The suspect ran for a seat in the Rinconada City Council in the 2016 election with the support of far-right party UDI.
Nevertheless, UDI said late Sunday that he has never been one of their members. “Even though he was a candidate with UDI support, he ran independently”, they wrote in a statement.
“We all suffered while accompanying this pretty angel”, the pediatrician who examined the baby posted on Facebook.
Hundreds of people gathered outside the court where the suspect was taken to hear the charges he will face. Protestors broke windows and threw rocks at the building.
