Freddy Arley Castellanos Velascoa 36 -year -old teacher, was sent to jail by order of a guarantee control judgewhile the criminal process against him progresses alleged sexual abuse committed against at least three minors in a kindergarten in southern Bogotá.
Although he did not accept the positions, the Attorney General’s Office charged him with Crimes of abusive carnal access with aggravated under 14 years and abusive sexual acts with under 14 years aggravated.
The facts that motivated their capture occurred in the Canada Children’s Household, Headquarters F, Located in the Villa Javier neighborhood, a town in San Cristóbal, where the aforementioned has served as a teacher for several months. The educational center is operated by a contractor entity of the Colombian Family Welfare Institute (ICBF).
Freddy Arley Catelles in a 2013 publication Photo:Facebook capture
The investigation against the educational institution and the subject was given after a mother’s denunciation before the garden directives and later before the Prosecutor’s Office, in which she claimed that her three -year -old daughter presented unusual behaviors and said that a teacher had made touching.
The testimony was collected by ICBF psychologists and activated an investigation that resulted in the collection of more similar cases. According to the entity’s director, Astrid Eliana Cáceres Cárdenas, they consolidated Three processes against Castilianswhich led to the Prosecutor’s Office to request a arrest warrant, which became effective on Tuesday, May 6.
During the imputation hearing, the defendant did not accept the charges. However, the judge determined that he should be deprived of liberty in a penitentiary center for the risk he represented for society and the severity of crimes.
Freddy Castellanos. Photo:Private archive
The other schools and gardens where the aforementioned worked: an institution pronounced
Freddy Castellanos in a kindergarten. Photo:Facebook capture
After knowing the facts, the teacher’s work history began to be investigated. According to information obtained by Caracol newsCastellanos also worked between September and October 2024 at another center attached to the Colombian Family Welfare Institute: Lto Fundación Mil Semillitas. In this children’s home of the ICBF, as determined in documents, the subject served as coordinator.
In that function, in addition to being in charge of the group of children, he also organized meetings with parents focused on psychosocial and nutrition areas.
One of the schools where the alleged abuser worked. Photo:Time
-In addition, Castellanos had labor links with at least one private educational institution: The Los Alpes Campestre Gymnasiumbicked in the municipality of La Calera, Cundinamarca. There he worked as a dance teacher in 2014.
The latter was one of the educational centers that has publicly confirmed the employment relationship with Freddy Castellanos.
Through a statement, published this May 7, the College said: “Mr. Freddy Arley Castellanos Velasco was a teacher of a dance school in our school, between April and November 2014. More than 10 years ago, this teacher does not have any link with our institution.”
The educational institution also expressed solidarity with the victims and made available to the authorities all the information that could contribute to clarify the facts. “Our school will always be on the side of truth and justice, especially when it comes to protecting the integrity of childhood,” they said.
One of the schools where the subject works Photo:Social networks
Despite the versions of some parents who assured that Castellanos had judicial records, the verification made by the time in the national Police did not throw criminal records against him before the capture. This media also managed to know that even the teacher was part of a course focused on the prevention and detection of early childhood violence, which had completed only eight months before being captured.
For now, the accusing entity argues that the teacher emotionally manipulated girls and used seemingly harmless games to hide abusive acts. “He would have taken advantage of his caregiver status to simulate games with the minors of three years that were in charge of sexual activities between March and April of the current year,” said the Prosecutor’s Office about it.
Freddy Arley Castellanos Velasco. Photo:Social networks
The director of the ICBF, Astrid Cáceres, explained that Castellanos was not a plant official of the institution, but was hired by an association that operates several children’s gardens in agreement. “All processes will be reviewed. In reality, each operational unit of the 70 thousand in the country has a contractual committee that supports resumes, which reviews the people who enter. Until Sunday’s review, the team did not find a history,” he explained in an interview with W Radio.
Cáceres announced that, after knowing the case, the ICBF ordered the preventive closure of the Canada Children’s Home and suspended the contract with the operator involved, while internal investigations are carried out. In addition, the personnel hiring procedures will be reviewed at the national level.
Freddy Castellanos was transferred to the La Modelo de Bogotá prison, where he will remain held while defining whether or not he will go to trial.
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