The Guardia Civil have been arrested in Alicante for the father and the brother of a girl of 17 years who allegedly wanted to force to marry in Morocco with a man of 37 years. As explained by the Ministry of Interior in a press note, the young man was about to be transferred to the country of origin of their parents (she was born in Spain), but a call from an acquaintance who warned of the situation has been able to avoid the consummation of the arranged marriage.
The Guardia Civil mounted “a meeting of urgency” with the minor “to verify your situation.” A meeting difficult because the girl could not leave the house with freedom. For months, his relatives were forbidden to leave the streets alone and not allowed to go to the institute. At that time, so he had only managed to give him permission to attend the exams in June, “after many supplications”, according to details Inside. Despite not having gone to class, he managed to pass all the subjects except one.
When the agents were able to contact the girl, this was carrying suffering coercion and ill-treatment from which he had begun in adolescence. According to stories, could not wear certain items Bahsegel of clothing and forced him to wear the islamic veil, as long as it was to leave home. The mobile phone is reviewed continuously, until finally he was forbidden to use it.
The marriage was to take place in a town of Morocco, of the origin of the parents, where she had to move once held the wedding. In the months that have wanted to force her to marry, the girl has even tried to take his own life last march. After this attempt, the parents took the girl to Morocco to meet her future husband and is out doing to the idea. The minor, who wanted to know nothing of this person, was obliged to speak by telephone with the man once she had returned to Spain.
The minor also told the Civil Guard attacks caused by his older brother, 29-year-old, for not accepting the impositions family. For this reason, the brother and father were arrested as alleged perpetrators of a criminal offence of ill-treatment in the family context and other constraints. The young man did not want to return to his home and wants to continue her studies, so she is in a reception centre managed by the Public Entity of Protection of Minors.
