WATCH the sinister moment a “cradle thief” posing as a nurse flees the hospital with a stolen baby wrapped in her arms.
Natalia Edith González, 39, was arrested for allegedly kidnapping the newborn from a hospital in Paraguay and was just 50 meters away from escaping with him across the Argentine border.
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It is believed she was searching for a baby to steal after lying to her family, including her partner, about her pregnancy, and identified a target after touring three hospitals.
Their attempt to kidnap the day-old baby was captured on CCTV inside the Barrio Obrero Public Hospital in Asunción, the Paraguayan capital.
The images show the woman dressed in a gray uniform walking through a door and out into the hallway with a bundle in her arms.
She walks to the other end and stands there while another woman enters the hallway.
When there are no Moors on the coast, the woman starts running, tightly clutching a large pink Yeah
Footage of the arrest shows the woman struggling with police trying to handcuff her, while the baby is safe in the arms of a family member.
the suspectan Argentine national, was reportedly posing as a nurse and wearing a mask when the day-old baby was taken away.
The grandmother of the baby’s mother, 19, said she had tea with the fake nurse before the alleged kidnapping.
He told his grandmother that he was in the hospital visiting an uncle.
The grandmother said: “Later I asked my daughter where the baby was and she told me that the nurse had taken her to the pediatric ward.
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“I told her that she was not a nurse.
“We ran after the lady because we saw her with the baby in her arms.”
The authorities activated an alert throughout the country with special attention to nearby border crossings.
Juan González, spokesman for the local police, said: “We began to cover critical points in the city, especially the borders and walkways, carrying out controls.”
He said Natalia ran out of the hospital and got on a bus to the Market 4 area last Thursday while trying to evade the police.
There she bought clothes for herself and the girl and then took a taxi to Loma Pytá, another area of the city.
He then asked the taxi driver which bus to take to cross the border to Clorinda in Argentina.
The suspect, who lives in the Argentine city of Formosa, was captured by Paraguayan police just 50 meters from the Argentine border.
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The police said: “We proceeded to arrest the woman, who resisted at all times.”
The baby has been reunited with her distraught teenage mother and is reportedly in good health.
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Prosecutor Laura Finestra, in charge of the investigation, said that the suspect lied to her partner and family, claiming that she was pregnant.
The lawyer said: “She told them that she was in a hospital in Formosa to give birth, but in reality she crossed into Paraguay on December 14 or 15.
“Then he chose a mother who was alone and stole her son.
“She visited two other hospitals before carrying out the kidnapping.
“(Natalia’s) My partner was surprised when he discovered the truth.”
Finestra said they have evidence on the suspect’s seized phone that confirms the series of events.
There is currently no evidence linking the crime to any broader human trafficking network.
So far, Natalia has refused to testify, on the advice of her lawyer.
Finestra said: “She insisted on giving contradictory and implausible versions.
“He even implicated other people, but everything was false.”
The investigation into the alleged kidnapping is ongoing.
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