The victims are between 10 and 14 years of age. The perpetrators, from liberal professionals to politicians, from 20 to 70. For now, they remain unpunished. However, the story began to change in December, when the direction of the Civil Police of Goiás decided to change all personnel of the local police station.
Even without structure and enough people, the new researchers, coming from other cities and startled with so many cases of rape of the vulnerable – in which the victim is under 14 years old – shelved, decided to give priority to this type of occurrence.
Since then, they completed eight surveys. The latest indicted the vice mayor of the Câmara Municipal (City Hall), Jorge Cheim (PSD), 62. Two weeks ago, a finding confirmed the rape of a 12 year old kalunga girl who lived in his house.
In the town of 10,000 inhabitants in the northeast of Goiás, 310km (192 miles) from the Brazilian capital of Brasília, most work as maids in middle-class family homes. In return, they earn only food, a place to sleep and free time to attend public school classes. To make matters worse, they are exposed to all kinds of violence. The most serious, rape, usually committed by their employers – white men with economic and political power.
