An 11 year old Paraguayan girl who was raped by her 42-year-old step father identified as Gilberto Benitez Zárate, gave birth to a baby girl at a Paraguayan hospital, today, August 13.
Gilberto who is married to the girl's mother, ran after what he did to the young girl was made public.
He was later arrested and on interrogation, denied raping the girl and demanded a DNA test.
News
of her rape gained international attention after she was discovered in
May to be pregnant at age 10 and was refused to be granted an abortion by the Paraguyan government. Paraguay has one of the strongest laws against abortion in the world.
The government insisted that the 11 year old girl will be given the much needed attention for her to give birth normally. She gave birth by C-section to a girl that weighed 3.5 kilos (eight pounds).
They say she and her daughter are doing very well medically.
Pulse
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