{"id":505741,"date":"2026-04-24T21:06:50","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T01:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/el-salvador-mother-and-stepfather-sentenced-for-the-homicide-of-a-two-year-old\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T21:06:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T01:06:50","slug":"el-salvador-mother-and-stepfather-sentenced-for-the-homicide-of-a-two-year-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/uncategorized\/el-salvador-mother-and-stepfather-sentenced-for-the-homicide-of-a-two-year-old\/","title":{"rendered":"El Salvador: Mother and stepfather sentenced for the homicide of a two-year-old"},"content":{"rendered":"In the district of Jiquilisco<\/strong>, corresponding to the department of Usulut\u00e1n Oeste<\/strong>, the Salvadoran justice sentenced<\/a> Wendy Sara\u00ed G.<\/strong> and V\u00edctor Geovanny M.,<\/strong> who received a sentence of 43 years in prison each for the aggravated homicide of a child of just two years old<\/strong>.\n\n\n

<\/a>Through a publication on social media,\u00a0the Attorney General’s Office of El Salvador (FGR)<\/strong>\u00a0reported that the convicted,\u00a0mother and stepfather of the victim<\/strong>, were found guilty after a judicial process that revealed a pattern of systematic violence in the family environment.<\/p>\n\n\nAccording to information released by the FGR<\/strong>, the investigation established that both individuals were inflicting physical abuse on the minor in their usual residence<\/strong>.\n\nThe case took a decisive turn in May 2024, when Melgar<\/strong> suffocated the child. Subsequently, the couple took the child to a local hospital under the pretense of a supposed epileptic seizure<\/strong>. Medical staff, upon detecting evident signs of violence, activated the suspicious death protocol and alerted the relevant authorities<\/strong>. Wendy Sara\u00ed G. and V\u00edctor Geovanny M. were sentenced to 43 years in prison for the homicide of a two-year-old child in Jiquilisco. (Courtesy: Attorney General’s Office of El Salvador)\n\nFollowing notification from the hospital, the authorities proceeded to the capture of those involved, who were placed at the disposal of the court to answer for the homicide of the minor.\n\n\n

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<\/a>Failure to render assistance and complicity: the mother’s role in the minor’s homicide<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\nThe hospital doctors notified the authorities upon observing injuries incompatible with an accident or a spontaneous medical condition on the baby’s part. This measure allowed for the initiation of a thorough investigation that included forensic tests, testimonies from neighbors, and previous medical records, which evidenced a history of violence.\n\nThe Salvadoran Prosecutor’s Office<\/strong> maintained during the trial that the mother, Wendy<\/strong>, did not intervene to stop the attack, despite being present at the time of the events. This omission was decisive for the configuration of the crime and the magnitude of the sentence imposed.\n\nAccording to the information published by the FGR<\/strong>, the mother’s actions were evaluated as direct complicity in the homicide, which led the court to impose the same sentence as her partner.\n\nThe Usulut\u00e1n Sentencing Court<\/strong> was in charge of issuing the ruling, after analyzing the evidence presented by the Prosecutor’s Office<\/strong>. “The evidence collected allowed to demonstrate the criminal responsibility of both defendants in the death of the minor,” reads the post. The case generated commotion in the local community and revived the debate on the protection of children’s rights in El Salvador<\/strong>. The case was clarified after the activation of the suspicious death protocol in the hospital where the minor was admitted. (Courtesy: Beb\u00e9s y m\u00e1s)\n\nThe drama experienced by the victim and the forcefulness of the judicial response have once again put the need to strengthen mechanisms for the prevention and detection of abuse in the home at the center of the debate.\n\nYou can also read:\n\nThe FGR<\/strong> reiterated its commitment to investigate all cases of violence against minors.\n\nThe court file was closed after the ruling of the Usulut\u00e1n Sentencing Court.<\/strong>\n\nSalvadoran society is closely watching the development of this and other similar cases, while the demand for justice and effective protection for children persists.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the district of Jiquilisco, corresponding to the department of Usulut\u00e1n Oeste, the Salvadoran justice sentenced Wendy Sara\u00ed G. and V\u00edctor Geovanny M., who received a sentence of 43 years in prison each for the aggravated homicide of a child of just two years old. Through a publication on social media,\u00a0the Attorney General’s Office of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133556,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-505741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-27z7","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","dum_api":{"author_name":"Yerandi Santana","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-13-at-5.35.07-PM-96x96.jpeg","categories_name":["Uncategorized"],"featured_media_url":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/133556"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=505741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505741\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=505741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=505741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=505741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}