May 11, 2022

08:05

Ívina Garcia – Cenarium Magazine

MANACAPURU (AM) – A woman, whose name was not disclosed, tried to sell her newborn son for R$ 400 in front of the Maternity Hospital Cecilia Cabral, located in Manacapuru, distant 101 kilometers from Manaus. The case happened last Sunday, 8, Mother’s Day.

According to information from the Guardianship Council of Manacapuru, the woman, 28 years old, who lives on the street and is a drug user, went into labor in Manacapuru Center. People passing by rescued the woman and the child and took both to the city hospital.

The guardian counselor of Manacapuru, Elivon Lira, went to the site after receiving a report that the woman was outside the unit trying to sell the child.

“We got there, we noticed this scene, the woman altered and offering her own child, a newborn. And when we questioned her, she said she wanted to sell the child, that it was better she sell it for R$ 400 and get something than let the child be taken away by the Guardianship Council,” he said.

The counselor approached the woman and identified that this was not the first time she tried to sell a child. “This woman has already been the target of other occurrences by the council, including two other children of hers who have already been removed from her company because she was neglecting their upbringing,” said Elivon.

Selling children is a crime

The sale or delivery of children and adolescents to other people is a crime provided for in the Statute of the Child and Adolescent and can earn imprisonment from 1 to 4 years and a fine. “Art. 238. promising or effecting the delivery of a child or ward to a third party, for payment or reward.”

The woman fled the scene after the Guardianship Council arrived. The child, on the other hand, was sent to the municipal shelter, where she is being sheltered and is awaiting a court order.

“We reported the case to the Public Prosecutor’s Office, because we understand that what she committed was a crime. This child will stay at the Manacapuru shelter until the Justice determines a destination for this baby, the other two children who were taken from her, and spent some time at the shelter, until an uncle appeared and requested custody. Today, these children live with this uncle. Unfortunately, she is a drug and alcohol user and cannot afford to raise these children,” explained the counselor.