The newborn baby is reported to have survived the attack
By Andrew Mark Miller
The couple who attempted to steal the Mexican woman’s unborn child by slicing her open while she was eight months pregnant died after the gruesome incident.
According to the New York Post, authorities in the Mexican state of Veracruz announced this week that 20-year-old Rosa Isela Castro Vazquez was discovered dead after going missing after a scheduled meeting with a woman she met online who had promised to give her secondhand baby clothes.
The transcript of the online chats revealed that Vasquez had intended to meet the woman at a pharmacy close to her home in Veracruz when she was supposed to return. Vasquez’s husband notified authorities when she failed to appear.
Vasquez was seen in surveillance footage waiting outside the pharmacy before being led into a vehicle.
On Saturday, Vasquez was found dead during a police raid on a ranch. Her unborn child had been cut out of her womb.
Also on Saturday, a woman authorities referred to only as Veronica “N” sparked suspicion when she showed up at a Veracruz hospital with a newborn she was unable to prove was hers.
Officials later arrested Veronica “N” along with her partner, Gonzalo “N,” and believe that Veronica “N” stole the baby because she could not have children herself.
Veronica “N” and Gonzalo “N” appeared before a judge on Monday and face charges of kidnapping and femicide.
The child is reportedly “safe and sound” and receiving medical treatment, CBS News reported.
“There will be no impunity for anyone who assaults a woman,” a Veracruz government website posted on Monday. “This is how the power of justice is transformed in Veracruz.”
