The suspicion alone is unimaginable. A dead baby was found in a dumpster in a Mexican prison. The terrible suspicion: The corpse was used to smuggle drugs into prison.
According to initial investigations, the boy was not born in prison. Unbelievable: His body is said to have been dug up in a cemetery in Mexico City and then taken to Puebla, 100 kilometers away.
According to the Attorney General of the central Mexican state of Puebla, 21 people were arrested in this connection. They were prison staff, including members of the prison administration.
A new director has already started work, Governor Miguel Barbosa said in a press conference on Tuesday. According to the investigation, the three-month-old child was dug up in a cemetery in Mexico City and taken to the prison in Puebla, a good 100 kilometers away. The background initially remained unclear.
investigation into abuse of office
According to media reports, it was initially speculated that drugs could have been smuggled into the prison during a fake family visit in the baby’s body – who died on January 5 of a stomach ailment. The child’s parents were identified and questioned. The body was discovered on January 10th.
According to the public prosecutor, those arrested were investigated for abuse of office or breach of duty, violations of the laws and regulations on burials and exhumations and obstruction of justice. Governor Barbosa also swapped the police chief and the head of the state’s correctional system on Monday. (jmh/SDA)