A mother was taken into custody on Wednesday January 5 in southern Spain for having abducted her children in order to prevent her ex-husband from vaccinating them against Covid-19, AFP learned from sources concordant.
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This 46-year-old woman was wanted for "
stealing minors
" since a complaint filed on December 16 by her ex-husband, living near Seville (Andalusia), a judicial source told AFP.
The latter had indicated that he had not heard from his two children, aged 12 and 14, since the beginning of November, and accused his ex-wife of having removed them to prevent him from having them vaccinated against Covid.
No school since November for the two teenagers
Actively wanted, the forties finally presented herself to justice "
Wednesday morning
" in Seville, in the company
of "her two children
", said the judicial source. The judge in charge of the case immediately warned the Civil Guard, since there was a "
wanted notice
", and the latter "
warned the father
" of the two teenagers, it was specified.
According to a spokesperson for the Civil Guard, the two minors, who have not been to school since early November, were handed over to their father early Wednesday afternoon.
The mother of the family has been placed in police custody, waiting to be brought to justice, added this source.
Spain is one of the European champions of vaccination against Covid which has not sparked any debate in the country where “
anti-vax
” are very few.
90% of those over 12 are vaccinated.