Argentina police have arrested a 17 and 18 year old parents who forced their toddler to drink beer, smoke cigarettes and shared the video of same on social media.
The shocking video which was traced to their home in Formosa in north-central Argentina shows a toddler being coaxed into smoking cigarettes and drinking beer by her teenage parents as she desperately tries to stay awake.
According to Daily Mail, both parents claim that the video was made as a joke and they had not really given the child alcohol or cigarettes.
However, the toddler can be seen swaying, she appears to be intoxicated as the video ended with the child nearly falling over before her mother rushes to catch her.
The Staff from the Police Investigation Brigade, the Secretariat of the Ministry of Childhood and authorities of the Juvenile Prosecutor’s Office intervened and took the child away from the parents to her grandmother.
The mother of the child may be tried in the Juvenile justice system as, aged 17, is still a minor.
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