The torture and death of an eight-year-old boy in the hands of his aunt and her partner In the Dominican Republic, they have shocked the country, where details of a crime continue to emerge, prompting President Luis Abinader to propose toughening penalties for these cases.
The minor was tortured to death in the city of Verón, in Punta Cana, and according to authorities, his body had 147 wounds of various types. According to experts, the child's death was caused by hemorrhagic, hypovolemic and septic shock.
Because of the beatings andThe youngest lost six teeth In addition, he had traumas of various types all over his body, as can be seen from a video recorded at the clinic where he arrived without vital signs and which was distributed on social networks.
The State Ministry accuses his aunt Carmen Jiménez and her partner González Valentín Rojas, against whom On Tuesday, a court imposed 18 months of preventive detention. The woman confessed to the crime and said she did it because the boy was acting up, authorities said.
The minor was in the couple's care for eight months by order of the father, Santiago Colomé Jiménez, brother of the defendant, who told the press that he had not seen the child since November but gave the woman about $100 every fifteen days for his maintenance.
The little boy was previously handed over by his mother to his father because, according to his family the woman has five other children and you have to work to maintain it.
