Pretrial detention requested for a man accused of sexually assaulting a girl in the Dominican Republic

The Public Prosecutor's Office requested pretrial detention against Giancarlo Miguel Tejeda Guzmán for the alleged sexual abuse of a one-year-old girl. /(Illustrative Image Infobae)The Public Prosecutor's Office requested pretrial detention against Giancarlo Miguel Tejeda Guzmán, 36, charged with the alleged sexual abuse of a one-year-old girl in the National District of the Dominican Republic. The man was arrested on Thursday night, according to the Dominican outlet Acento. The request was filed before the Office of Judicial Services of Permanent Attention of the National District by prosecutor Nelson Beltré, a member of the Comprehensive Care Unit for Victims of Gender, Intrafamily Violence and Sexual Offenses of the National District Prosecutor's Office. The investigation began after an alert over the publication of videos on TikTok. In those recordings, according to the case file, the defendant appeared holding the girl while producing sexual content. The Cyber Police Area Directorate of the National Police located the publications during cyberpatrol duties. The authorities identified the profile as "Carlos Tejeda" and carried out verifications to determine who the person appearing in the audiovisual materials was. Based on those proceedings, the Public Prosecutor's Office obtained arrest and search warrants. The measures, authorized by the judicial office of the National District, sought to locate phones, recording equipment and other devices that could be linked to the events under investigation. The Prosecutor's Office incorporated screenshots and a compact disc with the audiovisual files to preserve the evidence in the case. /(Illustrative Image Infobae)The accused was detained at the facilities of the Prevention and Prosecution Unit for Gender, Intrafamily Violence and Sexual Offenses, located on Rómulo Betancourt avenue, in the National District. The case file includes the complaint filed by the girl's father. The man reported that he learned of the situation after being sent a video circulating on social media, in which he identified his daughter in the defendant's arms. According to his statement, the images showed actions of a sexual nature, which prompted him to file a complaint with the authorities. The investigation also included an interview with the girl's maternal grandmother. The woman stated that the events allegedly occurred in her home, where Tejeda Guzmán had access to the child. She also recounted that she learned of the videos' existence after a friend called to tell her she had seen them published on TikTok. The documentation submitted to the National District Prosecutor's Office contains a technical report from the Cyber Police dated November 13, 2026. The material describes the cyberintelligence tasks and the verification of the profile under investigation. The court file attributes to the defendant violations of laws on high-technology crimes, child pornography and the protection of minors. (Illustrative Image Infobae)The report incorporates screenshots of the publications and a compact disc with the videos that were preserved during the investigations. The Prosecutor's Office seeks to establish the circumstances in which those contents were produced and disseminated, in addition to determining whether there are other elements of interest for the proceedings. The Public Prosecutor's Office provisionally assigned the events a classification that includes articles of Law No. 74-25, as well as Article 24 of Law No. 53-07 on High-Technology Crimes and Offenses, concerning child pornography. It also cited provisions of Law No. 136-03, which establishes the Code for the Protection System and the Fundamental Rights of Children and Adolescents. The institution urged people not to reproduce or share the videos, warning that their dissemination may constitute a violation of the law and harm the girl's rights. The Office of Judicial Services of Permanent Attention must hear the request for a coercive measure against the defendant.