Overview

• Police acted on August 27 after the adult daughter alerted officers to a planned departure from the region, a warning later corroborated by a cousin.
• Agents found six children aged 4 to 15 living in conditions of extreme unsanitary neglect, with several showing skin lesions consistent with impetigo.
• SAMUR transferred the minors to Hospital Niño Jesús for evaluation, and they were then placed at the Isabel Clara Eugenia first‑reception center.
• Both parents, aged 37 and 43, were arrested on suspicion of child abandonment and neglect as the investigation continues under the juvenile prosecutor’s office.
• The mother told ABC the family had lived in the flat for about two years and attributed the neglect to her depression, details now considered in ongoing proceedings.