Man arrested after wife and autistic son ‘locked in cage for years’

A man in Argentina has been arrested after authorities raided his home where he allegedly kept his wife and autistic son locked inside a cage for at least two years. The discovery was made at the house of 66-year-old Eduardo Oviedo in the beach resort city of Mar del Plata, after two of his other children who live nearby approached police. Prosecutor Alejandro Pellegrini described the cage as having bars and an iron door that was locked from the outside.

The house also had a room in the worst of human conditions where the woman and son spent the hours of the night, locked up as well.

Alejandro Pellegrini

He said Oviedo’s 61-year-old wife suffers from psychiatric problems and his 32-year-old son is autistic. Oviedo, an unemployed mason, was arrested and appeared before a judge on Saturday. He is expected to be charged with kidnapping and keeping his family in conditions of servitude. He will also undergo a psychiatric evaluation.

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