Overview
- UFAM officers arrested the 55-year-old proprietor on Friday and she was released provisionally under orders barring contact with enrolled minors, access to the center, and any work with children.
- Two staff-recorded videos, reported by local media, depict a one-year-old being force-fed and a three-year-old’s hand being used to strike another child, while the owner has denied wrongdoing, calling it a misunderstanding.
- The investigating judge opened a case for alleged habitual mistreatment and continued humiliations and directed National and Local Police to enforce protective measures for the minors.
- The private nursery, in operation for more than three decades, remains closed, and the Education Department with the Algemesí council is coordinating pupil transfers.
- Education officials said on Tuesday that 100% of the affected children have guaranteed reallocation to other centers as police continue taking statements and gathering evidence.