All week we've been reporting on the alleged attempted child abduction in the remote community of El Progreso/7Miles in the Cayo District. Three girls claim that an American man put them in the back of his pickup and tied them up. They also claim that he touched them - and one of them returned to her mother with her underwear missing. The girls escaped after one of them got free, allegedly jumped out of the moving truck and then freed her sister and friend - all just as her father happened to be coming along on the road.
Cayo Police have had a hard time trying to piece together the facts on this one, and now they are in consultation with the DPP's Office to try and fill in specific details on key points of the allegations.
In the meantime, the suspect was detained for 48 hours and has been released without charges pending the outcome of the investigation. After she gets the completed file, the DPP will make a determination on whether or not to charge the suspect. Her office expects to have the file by tomorrow.
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