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Since in Spain, where 19-year-old Patricia lived when she was caught by the leader of the Latin American sect Gnosis in Peru, Felix Steven Manrique, this kind of situations are not considered a crime, the family felt as if they had nowhere to go to for help.
Noelia Bru, a friend of Patricia’s family said that only when they alerted the press about the situation the Peruvian justice decided to investigate. She also said that they haven’t been contacted yet by the Spanish government and the Peruvian consulate has offered them their “entire support”.
The media also explains that according to the family, in Spain the authorities insisted that Patricia had voluntarily escaped from home, in spite of having proof of allegedly being collected by Manrique, who was arrested last week in an anti-trafficking operation.
So far, Patricia’s father Alberto Aguilar hasn’t met with her daughter since she remains in Lima while receiving medical and psychological care. Next to her are the two other victims and their four children who are also receiving medical attention.
“According to the family’s version, Patricia was caught by Manrique on the Internet when she was a minor. The young woman was looking for a dream interpretation on a website dedicated to esoteric subjects and the suspect convinced her to leave her family and meet with him when she came of age”, you can read in El País.
Young Spanish Woman Who Disappeared Last Year Was Found In The Peruvian Jungle