The authorities of the central Mexican state of Puebla reported this Monday that they are investigating the death of a six-day-old baby who was found lifeless in the prison of the municipality of San Miguel.
The governor of Puebla, Miguel Barbosa, explained at a press conference that they are investigating what the baby’s body was doing “in one of the containers” of the San Miguel prison.
“It is a very serious fact that it is in the process of investigation and I have been in permanent contact with the (state) Prosecutor’s Office to find out some details, “he said.
Given the seriousness of the facts, the politician stated that this matter is treated with the “necessary secrecy” to avoid spoiling the investigations.
He affirmed that in the first place it must be established where the baby was born, who was six days old, because he did not do it inside the prison.
It must also be known who brought the body into the prison and how much time and what happened sincethat he was born until his “little body” was found.
He also said that the baby had had an appendix surgery done and It should also be investigated who the child’s parents are.
Barbosa emphasized that no more information can be revealed in this regard, but he guaranteed that in this case the final consequences will be reached.
“From all these details the Prosecutor’s Office is making progress,” said the state president, who described the matter as “very serious” and “sinister” .
Last week, the civil association Reinserta denounced the finding of the baby in the prison and this weekend week the National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) announced that it will investigate the case.
According to the NGO, an inmate who worked in the recyclable plastic material containers, known as PET, found the baby’s body covered with lime and inside a bag.
The fact reflects the human rights crisis that prisons in Mexico are experiencing, according to the civil organization.
Only in December, in two different episodes , there was a murder and a fight between inmates in the same prison in San Miguel de Puebla, according to the organization.
About a week after the discovery, several NGOs, including Reinserta, announced this Monday the #JusticiaBebé campaign to make visible an “atrocious fact that cannot go unnoticed by the authorities.”
The body of a baby in a garbage dump at the San Miguel Prison in Puebla; an intern was the one who discovers it. What kind of authorities do we have so that a baby can enter a prison and come out dead in a garbage dump? #justiciabebé pic.twitter.com/kuQ89iluJn— Saskia Niño d Rivera (@saskianino) January 15, 2022
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