CICPC apprehended a man who captured young people on social networks to abuse them

Published at: 22/04/2025 04:27 PM

Members of the Criminal and Criminal Scientific Investigations Corps (CICPC) captured, in Guarenas Miranda state, a 23-year-old man, identified as Leonardo Restrepo, who was dedicated to contacting young people through social networks to sexually abuse them.

This was reported by the director of this detective body, Douglas Rico, through his Instagram account where he reported that this criminal, of Colombian nationality, was acting under the modality of grooming to attract his victims.

“Thanks to painstaking field research, documentary expertise and psychological interviews, it was possible to locate and apprehend Restrepo, whose modus operandi was to capture young people through social networks, using the grooming modality, posing as a young man of the same age or contemporary with his victims, to gain their trust and then request intimate photos from them, and then coordinate meetings, where he sexually abused them,” he explained.

The arrested person was placed under the order of the Public Prosecutor's Office.

It should be noted that grooming is a practice in which an adult impersonates a minor on the Internet to maintain a trusting relationship, then moving on to emotional control and, finally, to blackmail for sexual purposes.

Mazo News Team