Overview
- Police rescued the child from the fountains at Plaza Colón and activated provincial child-protection protocols.
- After a 911 alert from the father, he alleged his partner had left the boy in the square, prompting the investigation.
- On the prosecutor’s order, officers detained a 50-year-old woman identified as the mother at a residence in Barrio Centenario.
- The Ministerio Público de la Acusación sought an imputación hearing for alleged abandonment, scheduled for Friday morning.
- Investigators are reviewing security-camera footage and witness accounts; reports differ on the child’s age and even the prosecutor’s given name, and officials cited the mother’s substance-use history and a 2021 care concern.