According to information, the boy was born with a disability. According to authorities, the 13-year-old was gagged when police rescued him. Neighbors of the family in a poor neighborhood in the city of Araure, in the northwest of the country, tried to lynch the parents after discovering the abused child.
According to local media, the boy had been locked in the cage since he was six years old. Prosecutor Saab published a photo of the wooden structure. Consequently, the child probably had little space to move around. Cloths were placed on the floor of the cage.
Neighbors informed police about the torture and officers arrested the women on Friday. Police released images of an apparently dehydrated boy who was given an energy drink. The 13-year-old will now be housed in a house in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas.