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Mother has baby stolen from her at gunpoint

A one-year-old boy has been found after he was snatched form his mother’s arms at gunpoint.

Mateo Montufar-Barrera was abducted while his mother was pushing him in a stroller in Chamblee, in the US state of Georgia on Saturday (local time).

The child’s mother, who has not been named, told police a man got out of a maroon SUV and pointed a gun at her hip, before grabbing her son from the pram.

According to the FBI, the mother put up a fierce fight ripping a piece of material from the suspect’s shorts and grabbing one of his shoes in the frightening altercation.

Mateo Montufar-Barrera was abducted and missing for five hours until police found the suspects.
Mateo Montufar-Barrera was abducted while his mother was pushing him in a stroller despite her fighting off the suspect, ripping clothing and a shoe from him. Source: FBI

AJC News reports the mother managed to wrestle the gun from the man and tried to shoot but the weapon didn’t fire.

The suspects, now identified as Maynor Dario Valera Zuniga and Kristin Nicole Valera Zuniga, drove away with the child and were stopped in the same car at 5pm that evening (local time) by Georgia State Patrol after an Amber Alert was issued for the toddler.

They were arrested and taken into custody.

Mateo was unharmed and has been reunited with his mother.

It’s unclear if the suspects are known to the mother.

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