Overview

• Emergency dispatchers from CIMACC 091 alerted Policía Nacional to a domestic dispute in Puerto del Rosario on July 30.
• Officers encountered the 38-year-old woman and 29-year-old man barricaded with large knives while using their newborn as a shield.
• A negotiator and specialized units from the Jefatura Superior de Policía de Canarias spent three hours building trust before securing the couple’s voluntary surrender with the infant unharmed.
• A court ordered the father to remain in pretrial detention on existing warrants and released the mother under charges pending trial.
• The newborn has been placed in a child protection center following concerns over poor hygiene and parental drug use.