ticotimes.net on January 03, 2012 reported that an international arrest warrant and fresh charges of sexual abuse against a minor were not enough to keep Dr. German Enrique Moreno in jail. Costa Rican authorities quietly released Moreno from preventive detention on Dec. 23, the day most Costa Ricans, including government officials, began a long holiday break. Moreno, who was arrested Aug. 22 on charges that he allegedly sexually assaulted a 16-year-old, had been sentenced to three months of preventive detention, which expired in November. He had been held in a Puntarenas jail pending an investigation. The terms of Moreno’s release are unclear, as officials from the Prosecutor’s Office are on vacation until next week and were unavailable to comment. An attorney for the alleged victim in the case also would not comment.

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