Overview
- The state attorney general’s office now reports the mother is 13 and that she and her newborn are stable and out of danger after hospital care.
- An investigation for the alleged crime of pederasty is open and led by the Indigenous-justice unit, which is collecting clinical records and interviews.
- Doctors documented severe obstetric injuries, including compression of the bladder and urethra, and treated complications that officials linked to measles before transferring her to intensive care.
- Authorities say the girl lived with a 17-year-old male with parental consent, and investigators are reviewing the roles of relatives as they determine potential liabilities.
- Civil-society groups are pressing for accountability and enforcement of child-protection and anti–child marriage laws, noting Chiapas leads Mexico in births to mothers aged 10 to 17.