Dennis the 'Bloody Peasant'
13th December 2012, 11:12
Angry demonstrators in Argentina have clashed with police a day after the acquittal of 13 people accused of kidnapping and forcing a young woman into prostitution 10 years ago.
Marita Veron, who is still missing, was one of many victims abducted by sex rings that cater for powerful clients in Argentina, campaigners say.
Protests turned violent in the capital, Buenos Aires.
The judges said there was no evidence linking the defendants to Marita Veron.
"We could not establish what really happened," said chief judge Alberto Piedrabuena.
"But it was not a case of people trafficking," he added.
Marita Veron's mother Susana Trimarco has rescued hundreds of women from sex slavery during her campaign to find her daughter.
(See full article here - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-20705751
Pictures from protests here - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-20708898)
Marita Veron, who is still missing, was one of many victims abducted by sex rings that cater for powerful clients in Argentina, campaigners say.
Protests turned violent in the capital, Buenos Aires.
The judges said there was no evidence linking the defendants to Marita Veron.
"We could not establish what really happened," said chief judge Alberto Piedrabuena.
"But it was not a case of people trafficking," he added.
Marita Veron's mother Susana Trimarco has rescued hundreds of women from sex slavery during her campaign to find her daughter.
(See full article here - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-20705751
Pictures from protests here - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-20708898)