They investigate whether the pediatrician arrested for child pornography had accomplices

The case of the pediatrician arrested for distributing and producing child badgraphy It could be the tip of the iceberg of a more complex investigation. The head of the Department of Immunology and Rheumatology of Garrahan Hospital, Ricardo Alberto Russo, was arrested on Tuesday after police in the city had discovered photos and videos of children in their activities explicitly at home. Now the authorities do not rule out that there more people involved and even suspect that he could have had accomplices in the same health center.

In dialogue with TNDiego Santilli, deputy chief of government in Buenos Aires, said the government was "horrified" by the news and put at the disposal of justice to advance the cause.

Regarding the details of this pedophile network, which disseminated material via the deep Web, the official confirmed that "There are more people involved" except the doctor, but he still can not give more details as they are under investigation.

In the same line, also do not want to delve into the version that argues that Russo had accomplices in the Garrahan, it appeared that, in several of the photos, there were "hospital elements" indicating that they had been taken in this center. "We have to wait, it was the first raids, there is a lot of substantive work that we have to do," he said.

The chief of cybercrime of the municipal police, Carlos Rojas, explained in TN the origin of the investigation, which has ended for the moment with the arrest of the doctor.

The official explained that the case had started eight months ago, after an international alert from the US Homeland Security and Prosecutor's Office of the Brazilian prosecution. With this information, the Office of the Attorney General of Buenos Aires took responsibility for the searches in Argentina to identify the users involved.

When they arrived at Russo's home, the police found on their computer photos and videos of six-month-old babies and 14-year-old adolescents who were badually abused, Marcelo D'Alessandro, secretary, said earlier. Justice and City Security.

Once the news was learned, Garrahan Hospital reportedly removed the accused pediatrician and made "all the elements" available to the court.to get a clarification of the facts"In turn, they said that until then, the professional will be removed from office.