Cancun, Q.R. — A woman identified as being the mother of a 4 year old was arrested for trying to sell her son. Police from the Specialized Group for Attention to Domestic and Gender Violence (GEAVIG) made the arrest after receiving a report.
The specialized domestic violence team arrived in SM 100 in response to a 9-1-1 call that an intoxicated woman was trying to sell her child. At the scene, police interviewed the person who made the call.
Police proceeded to locate the woman and boy. The child was found alone inside a building in SM 96 that was considered deplorable. His mother was found drunk in the company of several men who were also drinking.
Members of the Grupo Especializado de Atención a la Violencia Intrafamiliar y de Género (GEAVIG) team considered the boy in an apparent state of abandonment and removed him from the building.
He was found alone sitting on a dirty mattress on the floor of an abandoned building. His 29 year old mother was arrested.