Child abduction: German "lateral thinker" couple goes to South America - and now wants to face it
Created: 06/09/2022, 16:41
A nationwide search was carried out for the man and woman.
They had taken children from previous marriages to Paraguay - without the consent of their parents.
Asunción - After the start of a nationwide manhunt, a German couple wanted in Paraguay for child abduction apparently wants to turn themselves in.
"Life on the run was not what they wanted," said the mother's lawyer in Paraguay, Stephan Schultheiss, the
dpa
news agency .
His partner, Ingo Bott from the Düsseldorf law firm Plan A, also confirmed that the couple from Germany, who went into hiding with their two daughters in South America, intends to present themselves to the Paraguayan authorities in the coming days.
"It's all bagged up.
We are in constant contact with the authorities," Bott told
dpa
on June 8.
He was on his way back from Asunción to Düsseldorf.
Together with Schultheiss, Bott represents the parents of the girls aged ten and eleven who stayed behind in Germany.
In the Paraguayan capital, he successfully conducted the negotiations, Bott explained.
He has not yet provided any information on the exact content of the talks on site.
According to Schultheiss, a return to Germany with the daughters is planned shortly, where the couple would also turn themselves in to the authorities.
In Paraguay, the police are currently looking for two young girls from Germany.
© Daniel DUARTE/dpa
Corona vaccination opponents?
German case of child abduction in Paraguay
The father of one girl and the mother of the other girl are married to each other in their second marriage and emigrated to Paraguay with their two children in November last year without the consent of their respective ex-partners.
Apparently they wanted to prevent the children from receiving a corona vaccination.
According to the Paraguayan public prosecutor's office, there is an arrest warrant issued against the couple by the international police agency Interpol.
Most recently, according to the lawyers, there had been “fruitful discussions”.
The mother of one girl and the father of the other girl, who come from Essen and Munich, could have phoned their children.
Now it's time to see you again soon.
(dpa/frs)
