Posted: Dec 3, 2021 15:14 GMT
Four months ago there was the disappearance of an infant who lived in the city of Cali with his mother and who was abandoned by unknown persons, who allegedly mistreated him, in a health center in the Ecuadorian city of Guayaquil.
A Venezuelan baby, abducted almost four months ago by his caregiver in Colombia, was handed over to his mother by the Ecuadorian authorities, after they left him abandoned in a hospital in the south-central city of Guayaquil.
In an institutional video of the Ecuadorian Police, the commander of Zone 8, Fausto Buenaño, explained that the disappearance of the infant occurred in the Colombian city of Cali and that his mother reported his possible whereabouts in Guayaquil. From its formal complaint, the protocols that allowed its location, recovery and delivery were activated.
In the audiovisual record of the Police, the woman, who received the child last Wednesday after he was reported missing on August 14 in the capital of Valle del Cauca, tearfully thanked the authorities for returning her son.
How did they find the baby?
The mother of the minor, a Venezuelan national, moved to Guayaquil, after receiving an anonymous call where they assured her that she was in that city, El Comercio reports. Upon arriving in that country, he reported the disappearance, on November 11, to the Directorate for the Investigation of Crimes Against Life, Violent Deaths, Disappearances, Kidnapping and Extortion (Dinased).
After the Police carried out the investigations, the infant was placed in the Hospital del Niño Francisco de Icaza Bustamante, in the center-south of the city, and there he was recognized by his mother.
According to the aforementioned newspaper, the child was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of that hospital due to the fact that he had been beaten by his captors, who left him at the health center.
To determine their identity, genetic tests ordered by the Prosecutor’s Office were carried out in which it was determined that the DNA found in the samples corresponded to mother and child, Buenaño added.
What happened?
The woman, collects Caracol, related that the baby disappeared, along with her nanny, who was also Venezuelan, in August of this year. “I worked from 6:00 am to 4:00 pm. At that time I would go and pick him up, but when I went neither she nor her belongings were at home,” he said.
After the abduction, she received the call that took her to Ecuador, a neighboring country. According to the data they gave him, the boy had been admitted to the hospital with the same names, but different surnames. From there began the process that culminated with its delivery.
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