Outrageous: a man sold his baby to buy a television

February 18, 2019

The event happened in Bolivia. The father, identified as Freddy F.C, was arrested as a result of the complaint of the child's mother.

The Bolivian police arrested a man accused of trying to sell his baby two months for approximately $ 460, alleging badumptions financial and family problems, according to a police source. The scandalous event occurred in the municipality of Sipe Sipe, in the central region of Cochabamba.

In this regard, Colonel William Cordero, National Director of the Special Force Against Crime (Felcc), said that the man, identified as Freddy F.C., would have removed the child from the house without notifying the mother to sell it to a womanCélida L.D. "In 400 dollars and 400 bolivianos (about 60 dollars)".

In addition, he indicated that at his home "There were family and economic problems" and so the "The father decided to sell the baby."
After the minor's mother's complaint, the Cochabamba police managed to arrest the father and the alleged buyer.

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Preliminary investigations indicate that the man used some of the money to buy a TV, according to the state-run information agency Bolivia (ABI), while the remaining money was "Duly confiscated and communicated to the tax authority"said Colonel Iván Luque, regional commander of the Bolivian police in the Bajo Valley in Cochabamba.

Freddy F.C., 30, and Célida L.D., 49, were transferred to police cells be made available to the public prosecutor in order to define his legal status. Both will be the subject of an investigation for the alleged crime of human trafficking and trafficking, in a case that Cordero described as "alarming".

In the meantime, the boy's mother told the police that her partner had beaten and threatened her constantly throughout the pregnancy and had even claimed that the man was seeking to to have an abortion because she doubted her paternity.