Authorities in Bogotá are investigating after a one-year-old baby was abandoned outside a house in the Catalina neighborhood, part of the city’s Kennedy district, in the early hours of Thursday, September 10.
Security cameras captured the moment a woman left the infant alone in front of the residence before walking away. The footage, which quickly circulated on social media, showed no signs of anyone else present at the scene.
Bogotá’s Childhood and Adolescence Police unit, a specialized branch that handles cases involving minors, responded to the scene and took the baby into protective custody. The child was later transferred to the Colombian Institute of Family Welfare (ICBF), the government agency responsible for safeguarding children’s rights and providing care in cases of abandonment or family crisis.
According to local reporting, the baby is currently under evaluation, and officials have not yet released further details about his overall health condition. Authorities are also working to identify the woman seen in the video and determine the circumstances that led to the child being left alone.
Cases like this one highlight the ongoing challenges some families face and the role of institutions like the ICBF in stepping in when children are left without immediate care. Investigators say more information will be released as the case develops.
To see the original video and follow updates on this developing story, read the full report at El Tiempo.
Source: Esto se sabe del estado de salud del bebé abandonado por una mujer en Bogotá: autoridades lo trasladaron al ICBF (eltiempo.com). English version produced with AI assistance.
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