Police Have Their Hands Tied With Young Girl Who Offers Sex On The Street
Police in the area of the Infiernillo, an area in Barrio San José de Alajuela (west of the Juan Santamaía airport) have their hands full with a 12 year old girl known as "Daiblilla" - little devil - who is out on the streets selling sex.

The last arrest came Friday when a 41 year old taxi driver was found with the young girl, semi-naked, in the backseat of his car. The taxi driver, his name was not released, told police that me made a "big mistake", pleading to let him go, sparing his wife and children the hurt of his error. Police took the man into custody.

However, the problem doesn't end there.

Daiblilla is the same young girl that not long ago saw another man in the same situation. During his arrest, the man told police that the young girl was his daughter. Police did not believe him and were right. And there were other similar incidents, always involving the same young girl.

Police have their hands tied with the young girl. Like in the past, they had trouble immediately locating the young girls' mother, placing her in the hands of the child welfare services, the Patronato Nacional de la Infancia (PANI).

Since the young girl is not breaking any laws and given her age, police cannot arrest or detain her, other than turning her over to PANI. PANI then releases the girl into the mother's custody and she is back on the streets.

Business owners of the area are asking police for protection against the Diablilla, telling police how the young girl will stand by the door of  their retail stores, offering sex to one and all.

The young girl has also become a nuisance to shopkeepers who say that she enters their establishment begging from their employees and harassing customers. Some shopkeepers told police that she will offer male employees and customers oral sex in exchange for gifts. Any gift.

As for the latest taxi driver to have been caught with the Diablilla, he now faces a court date, while having to check in to the local police station every 15 days and cannot leave the country.