Antonia, the neighbor of Los Palacios and Villafranca (population of more than 38 inhabitants in Seville) who has found a baby alive in a container, has shown her willingness to adopt her and has been interested in the procedures to be carried out during her statement at the barracks. of the Civil Guard. The little girl still had the umbilical cord and was found near an area of industrial warehouses, practically without homes.
“If someone is going to adopt her, I will adopt her,” said the woman, while the containers in the area were processed by agents of the Judicial Police deployed to the area, a point on Mariano Benlliure Street in Los Palacios and Villafranca. Antonia's brother-in-law, Manuel, told it in statements collected by EFE while she was giving a statement.
Antonia found the girl face down inside a plastic bag from a supermarket in the municipality, and quickly took her out and notified the emergency services. She was with another neighbor and with the neighbor who had raised the alarm after hearing “what sounded like a cat's meow,” according to Manuel's story collected by EFE.
Within the “initial shock”, Antonia, who is 62 years old, asked at the same place where the discovery was made what would have to be done to adopt the girl, a complicated process in order to identify an adopter with a specific minor, as a mark regulations in Spain.
Equality sources have informed EFE that "once she is discharged," the little girl will urgently be placed under guardianship in a child protection center, although the urgent protocol will be activated to try to find a "family of urgency", in order for the girl to be in a home as soon as possible.
The Junta de Andalucía has a list of families in the eight provinces and some are specially selected to take care of babies who, for various reasons, are left helpless, through a solidarity action that lasts a minimum of six months, extendable for others. three and more period of time depending on the decision of the authorities.
To be part of this list, you must reflect the age ranges and characteristics of the minors you wish to host, and you will be transferred to a list that is activated for each specific case.
The baby was rushed to the Virgen de Valme hospital, where, initially, she seems out of danger. The investigation has begun to try to locate the mother, based on data on pregnancies or possible DNA testing that will be performed on the little girl.
