- Boy was forced to call on Satan with his mother, aunt, uncles, grandparents
- They ordered him to close his eyes out of respect but he was too scared to
- Mother grabbed a wooden spoon and gouged them out with others’ help
- Neighbours in Nezahualcoyotl, Mexico, heard the screams, called police
- His mother, aunt, two uncles, and grandparents sentenced to 30 years each
Jailed: Maria del Carmen Garcia Rios has been sentenced to 30 years in jail for the attack on her son
They were caught when neighbors, who had heard loud chanting, came to investigate and saw the child screaming in pain. Today, more than two years after the incident in May 2012, a court has sentenced the group to 30 years each in jail. Fernando has since been given glass eyes and is now in care. The family, from the town of Nezahualcoyotl, believed the ritual would bring them closer to Satan who could claim them as his own and save them from a deadly earthquake. Neighbour, Joaquin Arguello, told the court, that he had always thought the family were devout and deeply religious, but had not realized that they were Satanists.
Recovering: The child, pictured playing with Mexico state governor, now has glass eyes and is in care
He said: ‘We could hear screaming and we were banging on the door but nobody was answering, then a police patrol came past and one of the women who was with us ran into the road to flag it down, and officers forced their way inside.’Policeman Benet Curiel said that they had witnessed the scene of horror inside in which the scantily clad Satanists had been hunched over the screaming boy in the kitchen and that the two women were covered in blood. Reading from his notes of the encounter he said: ‘We called for an ambulance, and we were keeping the group against the wall at gunpoint and away from the boy.
Escape: He was born into a family that believed Satan could save them from a fast-approaching apocalypse
He said: ‘We could hear screaming and we were banging on the door but nobody was answering, then a police patrol came past and one of the women who was with us ran into the road to flag it down, and officers forced their way inside.’ Policeman Benet Curiel said that they had witnessed the scene of horror inside in which the scantily clad Satanists had been hunched over the screaming boy in the kitchen and that the two women were covered in blood. Reading from his notes of the encounter he said: ‘We called for an ambulance, and we were keeping the group against the wall at gunpoint and away from the boy.
Rescue: Neighbours in the town of Nezahualcoyotl heard the boy’s screams and rushed to save him
Building a new life: Fernando will be given specialist care and a new home as his family is jailed for life
‘I asked one of the women what was going on and she told me her name was Carmen Rios Garcia, and that the boy was her son. ‘She identified him as Fernando Caleb Alvarado Rios, and said he was five years old, and said that she and her sister Lizbeth had done it.’ She admitted that she had told him repeatedly to close his eyes and when he had told her ‘No, I do not want to close them’ she had ordered the others to help remove his eyes.
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