A 13-year-old girl has given birth to triplets in Guatemala
after she was raped by a man who was selling sweets in the street.
Francisca Lopez Perez, from the town of Momostenango, did
not even realise she was pregnant until her stomach began to swell. The
triplets each weighed only about 2.2 lbs (1 kg) and the two oldest were rushed
to the emergency ward of a local hospital where they later died.
Miss Lopez Perez said she had become pregnant after she had
been raped by a ‘candy seller’ who she was not able to identify.
The young mum is struggling to care for her surviving baby
in extreme poverty, living with her mother and seven brothers in a house made
of boards. She has to constantly take the baby boy to hospital as he is so
small that he regularly needs oxygen.
The case of Lopez Perez was highlighted by the Observatory
on Sexual and Reproductive Health of Guatemala (Osar).
After highlighting her case, will the government of Guatemala and humanitarian groups come to her aid?
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