Gilberto Benitez Zarate speaks to reporters after his arrest 
 
 A fugitive has been arrested over a pregnant 10-year-old girl's rape in Paraguay, amid growing anger over the government's refusal to allow an abortion. 
 
 Police issued a statement saying the man had been detained in the city of Caazapa, around 125 miles (200 kilometres) southeast of capital Asuncion. 
 
 Gilberto Benitez Zarate, 42, insisted he was innocent and had been set up by his girlfriend. He faces 15 years in prison if convicted of rape. 
 
 "I will do any (paternity) test to show it wasn't me," he said. 
 
 "I've been with tons of women and I never got anybody pregnant." 
 
 Abortion is illegal in the South American nation and the matter prompted a heated abortion debate in both houses of the country's Congress. 
 
 International humanitarian groups say the girl's 75-pound (34 kilo) body cannot support her pregnancy, now at five months, and her life is in danger. 
 
 But the government, courts, the Catholic Church and other groups have insisted the pregnancy should not be terminated, partly due to its advanced stage. 
 
 "The pregnancy will not be interrupted," Health Minister Antonio Barrios has said. 
 
 "We've already completely ruled out abortion." 
 
 The girl's pregnancy was not discovered until 21 April, when her mother took her to a public health clinic believing she had a tumour. 
 
 The mother was also detained by authorities, who believe she enabled her daughter's abuse. 
 
 Her daughter is being cared for in a special ward for pregnant adolescents at a Red Cross Hospital. ||||| Asuncion (AFP) - The man who allegedly sexually abused and impregnated his 10-year-old stepdaughter, sparking a debate on abortion in Paraguay, was arrested Saturday after 15 days on the run, police said. 
 
 Gilberto Benitez, 42, insisted he was innocent and set-up by his girlfriend, the stepdaughter's mother. He faces 15 years in prison if convicted of rape. 
 
 "I will do any (paternity) test to show it wasn't me," he said, adding: "I've been with tons of women, and I never got anybody pregnant." 
 
 The rape and impregnation of the 10-year-old girl prompted a heated abortion discussion in both houses of the country's Congress. 
 
 Abortion is a criminal offense in Paraguay, a conservative mostly Roman Catholic country, except in cases when the mother's life is in danger. 
 
 Humanitarian groups say the girl's 75-pound (34 kilo) body cannot support her pregnancy, now at five months, and her life is in danger. 
 
 The government, courts, the Catholic Church and other groups have insisted that her pregnancy not be terminated, partly due to its advanced stage. 
 
 "The pregnancy will not be interrupted," Health Minister Antonio Barrios has said. "We've already completely ruled out abortion." 
 
 The girl's pregnancy was not discovered until April 21 when her mother brought her to a public health clinic believing she had a tumor. The mother is now under arrest by authorities who believe she enabled her daughter's abuse. 
 
 The girl is under medical care in a special ward for pregnant adolescents at a Red Cross Hospital.
– 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.