A trans-identified male who worked as a communications advisor to a politician in Peru has been arrested for child sexual abuse, according to local Spanish-language news.
Tiffany Gómez González, a biological male who identifies as a woman, was arrested on January 30 in Condevilla, a district in the Peruvian capital of Lima.
Three minors formally filed reports with police that Gómez González, 32, sexually abused them, though the local media outlet which broke the story, Hildebrant En Sus Trece, reports that there are likely many more victims to still come forward. The outlet also wrote that Gómez González has been deemed a “sexual predator” by the Special Prosecutor’s office.
At the time of his arrest, Gómez Gonzàlez was working as an advisor to Susel Paredes, an elected member of Peru’s congress with the centrist Purple Party. Gómez Gonzàlez has been employed by Paredes in various capacities throughout her political endeavors since 2019.
On February 1, Paredes issued a statement on her Twitter which confirmed she had terminated the employment of a staff member following criminal charges, but did not name Gómez Gonzàlez directly.
“I have learned, with immense indignation, that a person from my work team in the Congress of the Republic has been denounced for a crime against the sexual freedom of minors,” Paredes wrote in the statement, going to request “justice be done as soon as possible.”
According to Minuto Digital Perú, Gabriela Salvador, a former congressional candidate for the Purple Party and LGBTQ activist, intervened during a police sweep of the crime scene to prevent law enforcement from seizing Gómez González cell phone and laptop. Salvador argued that the devices contained confidential information related to his employment for Paredes.
Gómez Gonzàlez is a well-known trans rights activist in Peru. In 2019, Gómez Gonzàlez was a torch-bearer in the Pan American Games during its tour of the city of Trujillo. In a doting op-ed written by Susel Paredes at the time for Perù 21, Gómez Gonzàlez was praised for representing the trans community in the area.
Gómez Gonzàlez has been ordered to 9 months in preventative pre-trial detention.
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