A San Pedro mother is eagerly waiting to be reunited with her 1-year-old son Tuesday after he was found safe in Mexico following an alleged abduction by his father during a “violent” altercation.
Jayden Santiago was found walking with his father, Giovany Santiago-Enriquez in Tijuana around 8:15 p.m. Monday night, according to Antonio “Al” Rios, a supervisory inspector with the U.S. Marshals Service’s Pacific Southwest Regional Fugitive Task Force.
Santiago-Enriquez allegedly took the boy after a violent early morning incident Monday when he stabbed the boyfriend of the child’s mother, Rios said in an email. The boy’s mother and another relative also received minor cuts during the altercation.
A statewide Amber Alert was issued as officials asked for help locating the car Santiago-Enriquez was last seen driving. That car was observed by Mexican law enforcement authorities.
The boy is still in police custody officials work to reunite him with his mother, who left San Pedro this morning to travel to meet with authorities and rejoin her son.
Rios said Santiago-Enriquez will remain in the custody of Mexican police while his immigration status is sorted out.
The child’s mother said she was thrilled her baby son has been found.
"He's good, from what I hear... so I'm happy," said the boy's mother Christy Martinez, told NBC4 after authorities told her they had located her son. "I have to go down there to Mexico to pick him up."
She said she does not bear any grudges against her ex, despite what happened.
"Honestly I wish him the best. I hope it goes good for him," Martinez said. "I don't wish him anything bad. I'm just glad that the baby's fine, that he didn't hurt the baby. All I care about is the baby's well-being."