SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, July 26. (EUROPE PRESS) –
Agents of the Local Police of Santa Cruz de Tenerife intervened yesterday in aid of two minors who, apparently, had been temporarily abandoned by their mother in a plot located in El Sobradillo, a habitual behavior on the part of the mother according to the testimony of the neighbors.
The police came after a request that warned of this situation around 6:00 p.m. yesterday, Monday. Upon arrival at the scene, a neighbor was providing the children with water due to their situation and the high temperatures recorded. The police officers verified that there was no shaded area in said open space, nor was it possible to locate the mother of the minors.
Given the police presence, several neighbors approached to explain that this situation had already occurred before, confirming that the parent usually leaves them alone in that area with some food and they remain there alone for several hours.
Although the minors were in a state of great nervousness, their special vulnerability and the seriousness of these events were verified, so the members of the Unit Attached to the Juvenile Prosecutor’s Office were activated to apply the appropriate procedure in these cases.
At all times, and with the data collected, an attempt was made to locate the mother of the minors, although with no success. So much so that the judicial authority even ordered her admission to a reception center. Assessing the physical condition of the minors, especially one of the two-year-old children, their transfer was determined to be assessed at the Tíncer Health Center.
Meanwhile, steps were taken to carry out the proceedings due to the seriousness of the risk to which the minors were subjected and the possible commission of a crime by the parent. Later, in the Communications Room of the Local Police, a call was received from the Emergency and Security Coordination Center (CECOES) 1-1-2 of the Government of the Canary Islands, in the case of the mother of the children who expressed her concern about not finding them. in the lot where he had left them.
The 45-year-old woman was treated by a local police officer who asked her to appear at the police station, where the minors were finally handed over to their mother. In any case, he was informed of all the actions carried out and the transfer of the appropriate reports and proceedings to the relevant authorities, from the Juvenile Prosecutor’s Office, the municipal Department of Social Care and the General Directorate for the Protection of Children and Family. of the Canadian Government.
