During DUI Stop, Mom Told Police She Was Headed to Get Her Baby — Then Police Found Infant in Back Seat: 'Did Not Know'

Authorities successful Texas arrested a pistillate who was allegedly driving nether the power portion a 5-month-old was successful a car seat, unsecured, successful her conveyance — but didn't look to recognize the babe was there, constabulary said.

Ivana Dolores Salazar, 27, was arrested astatine astir 1:30 a.m. connected Sunday, April 6, by officers conducting a postulation halt successful El Paso, Texas, aft they noticed a car failing to awesome a lane change, El Paso County Sheriff Oscar Ugarte said successful a statement.

As officers spoke with Salazar, they noticed a wide solid instrumentality with an “unknown reddish liquid” successful it, starring them to judge she was driving portion intoxicated, per Ugarte’s statement.

Salazar allegedly told constabulary she was connected her mode to prime up her newborn aft her enactment shift, and indicated she was unsocial successful her vehicle. However, officers searching the car came crossed a five-month-old babe successful a car spot that had not been secured appropriately, Ugarte’s connection said.

When authorities questioned her a 2nd clip astir the child, she allegedly reiterated her erstwhile connection — that she had conscionable gotten disconnected enactment and was headed to prime up her newborn.

Police past brought her to the backseat and showed her the kid seated there, erstwhile she allegedly said she “did not know” the kid was there, per Ugarte’s statement. She past stopped cooperating with police.

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The kid was transported to a infirmary for valuation and was enactment successful the attraction of a “responsible party,” Ugarte said, adding that Child Protective Services had been notified astir the issue.

Salazar is being held astatine the El Paso County Jail connected a complaint of driving portion intoxicated with a rider nether 15 years of property and endangering a child, per El Paso authorities.

Her enslaved was acceptable astatine $23,000; it wasn’t instantly wide if she has entered a plea oregon retained an lawyer to talk connected her behalf.

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