Mexican Mom Accused of Burning Child

(Raleigh, North Carolina) A 29-year-old Mexican woman, Yesenia Alvarez, has been accused of felony child abuse for allegedly burning her 11-year-old child on the hands.

An arrest warrant alleges that Yesenia Alvarez, 29, of 4359 Old Poole Road "did intentionally inflict seriously bodily injury" on the child, who suffered second-degree burns on the hands.

Investigators did not release further details about the child or the crime.[…]

She appeared in Wake County District Court Wednesday, where she told a judge she did not want to return to Mexico because she has been threatened by her husband.

Alvarez was booked into custody at the Wake County Jail with bond set at $25,000. The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency issued an immigration detainer.