The government intervened on behalf of the children when a neighbor filed a complaint on April 14 alleging that the children had not been at school, according to El Comercio.
Despite Oviedo Police Chief Javier Lozano’s statement that there is “in principle” does not cause concern,
After the home’s surveillance revealed that the 53-year-old father was the only person leaving the house to pick up food and mail, security forces became suspicious.
According to other neighbors, the rest of the family had not left the house since December 2021.
When police arrived at the family’s home, according to El Mundo, the father “agreed” to allow them to enter,
while they noticed the mother, a 48-year-old German-American, wearing three masks for each of the children.
