Paraguay Busts Alleged Rapist at Heart of Its Abortion Furor

The man who stands accused of impregnating the 10-year-old daughter of his girlfriend—and consequently igniting a firestorm of controversy over Paraguay's refusal to allow the child an abortion—has been arrested after more than two weeks on the lam. And as the AFP reports, 42-year-old Gilberto Benitez offers up an unlikely and unscientific defense: "I will do any (paternity) test to show it wasn't me. I've been with tons of women, and I never got anybody pregnant." Benitez was apprehended some 125 miles from Asuncion, Sky News reports, where the girl lived. He blames the girl's mother for setting him up; if convicted, he faces 15 years in prison. If photos of Benitez are any indication, police weren't exactly gentle in his capture. Click for more on the case. (More Paraguay stories.)