Tuesday, June 9, 2015

Bail the father who came to Spain in a suitcase – Univision

The parent of a child in Ivory Coast was discovered when trying to enter illegally into Spain in a suitcase last month, he was released on bail allowing that back together.

Family “If I had known that his son would be brought in a suitcase he never would have allowed”

A court ordered the release of Ali Ouattara, hours after his 8 year old son left the juvenile facility where he had been since it was discovered by the Spanish border police last May 7 in Ceuta . The lower traveling in a suitcase carried by a Moroccan woman unrelated to the family.

scanner images taken by the police, where the child appeared shrunken inside the suitcase, surprised many and revealed the harrowing journey that migrants trying to reach Europe are shipped.


The discovery was made in Ceuta (Spain) when a young man does not want to cooperate with the authorities.

The father, who legally live with the child’s mother, also Ivorian, in Spain, He said through his lawyers that he was unaware of the case plan and thought his son would come to the country with a visa. He was arrested upon entering Ceuta hours after it was discovered the child.

The Moroccan woman is still detained by the police.

The father was released from prison after his wife posted bail of $ 5.650 on a Ceuta court.

Francesco Luca Caronna, the law firm representing the family, he said Tuesday that Ouattara is still accused of human rights abuse against a foreign citizen.

“If I had known that his son would be brought in a suitcase would have never allowed,” said the lawyer. “It is a victim of people smugglers”.

Ouattara must deliver his passport and appear in court each month until the trial, which is not expected until later this year is held.

EFE

Agents, after detecting the child, opened the suitcase and found the youngest of eight years.

Parents living legally in the Canary Island of Fuerteventura and had been trying to take their children Spain, Caronna said.

The lawyer said the 11 year old daughter of the couple recently obtained permits, but the salary Ouattara monthly fell short at the amount required by law to care for two children. That was when the father began to look how to get a visa, he said.

The Spanish authorities issued last month residence permit time for the child.

© Univision.com and Agencies

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