Children managed to stop an attack on their mother with the help of a bus driver

The children saved their mother by handing over a note asking the driver for help of a school bus

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A Latino who allegedly abused his girlfriend for several hours and kept her locked in his apartment, was arrested after the victim’s children passed a note to the school bus driver, asking for help, he said. Tuesday the police of Las Cruces, in New Mexico, to local media.

Erik Alvarado, by 40 years, allegedly threatened to kill the woman during a domestic altercation that began around eight at night last Thursday and persisted through most of the night, according to a statement from the Las Cruces Police Department.

The woman told police that she was beaten and suffocated with a pillow and a shirt by Alvarado.

Much of the The abuse occurred in front of the couple’s young child and the victim’s two school-age children.

Alvarado allegedly took the woman’s cell phone and prevented her from seeking help .

The next morning, she asked her children to give the school bus driver a note stating that she was in danger.

Police said the bus driver called 911 and agents found the woman with multiple cuts, bruises and blows consistent with her allegations of physical abuse.

Alvarado was found and detained for questioning. The Hispanic was charged with three felonies of assault.

According to the police, Erik Alvarado is accused of beating, attempting to strangle and suffocating the mother of his three children.

Investigators also discovered that during the attack Alvarado apparently threatened to kill the woman.

Alvarado is being held without bail.

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What is domestic violence?

Violence is the intentional use of physical force, threats against oneself, another person , a group or community that results in or is highly likely to result in trauma, psychological damage, developmental problems or death.

Domestic violence is a pattern of behavior by which the partner or former partner uses physical abuse, emotional abuse, sexual abuse and financial abuse.

It is a crime that affects thousands of people regardless of age, economic status, race, immigration status or sexual orientation.

Victims of domestic violence often feel my edo, feelings of dependency and / or insecurity. The children of the victims face the same feelings.

With information from EFE