Authorities reported Monday that a pregnant Mexican woman died after being slashed open by two intruders who took her unborn child.
The alleged culprits were apprehended with a newborn in their possession, according to a statement from the Attorney General’s office in the eastern state of Veracruz.
The suspects, a man and a woman, appeared in court on Monday charged with kidnapping and femicide.
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They allegedly hacked open the victim to extract the fetus since the woman attacker was unable to have children herself, according to an official connected with the inquiry who spoke on the condition of anonymity to Newsmen.
The deceased was lured to her death via social media with the promise of baby clothes, according to family, who said it was the third incidence of its kind in recent years.
According to official estimates, more than 3,700 women were murdered in Mexico in 2021, with over 1,000 of them categorized as femicides.
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