Overview

• Vanesa N. was arrested by the Fiscalía Regional de Zitácuaro under a Judge of Control’s warrant issued on evidence collected by the Ministerio Público.
• Prosecutors allege she beat her son over three days in late July in Los Sauces, Senguio, resulting in the child's death on July 27.
• She remains in judicial custody pending a hearing before a Judge of Control to determine her legal status.
• Investigators are examining whether she was under the influence of drugs or medication at the time of the abuse.
• The case is one of at least three maternal filicide incidents reported in Michoacán in the past month, spanning Morelia, Zamora and Senguio.