Boy found chained to a bed, looking malnourished

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A social worker and the police stormed the home and found the baby boy in a bad state. The boys mother was arrested immediately at the scene, Reports says the mother tied him because the baby had misbehaved and she said she didn't have any option but to restrain him with metal shackles.

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The rescue happened in Magangue in northern Colombia, the police who was responsible for the rescue operation, Police colonel Victor Hugo Gomez Arise, said "Officers from the Teen and Children Protection Group went to the scene and found a barefoot boy tied by his ankle inside the household." The policemen took him to a local health centre so that he can have access to medical care.

"Afterwards he was left under the protection of the municipal family authority."

The mother, whose name has not been made public, remains in police custody.