An alleged case of child abuse was denounced this Saturday by the community of the La Sierrita neighborhood of Barranquilla, thanks to a video in which a woman is seen giving him hitting a minor 11 months on public roads.
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In the recording, the child appears crying while the accused insults him, hitting him repeatedly on his face and belly, and then forcing him to walk.
Call the Police! You are going to kill him! don’t mess it up like that
The fact generated indignation in the neighbors, who reacted and rejected the violent act they were witnessing. However, the woman continued to strongly assault the minor.
“Stop, walk!” the woman yelled at the child. To which his own neighbors responded: “Call the Police! You are going to kill him! Do not spoil it like that ”, was heard in the video, before the crying of the victim.
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The intervention of the Police and ICBF
Given this complaint, the operational commander of the Barranquilla Metropolitan Police, Lieutenant Colonel Luis Sandoval, indicated that units of the Group for the Protection of Children and Adolescents they identified the mother and the ICBF was informed.
“The minor and a sister, 7 years old, were separated from their family nucleus for the restitution of rights and left at the disposal of the ICBF,” said the authority.
He added that the Group for Children and Adolescents had carried out a process against the parents of these minors, after the girl evaded the family nucleus and invited the citizens to take care of the children and adolescents.
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