Two French brothers, ages 3 and 5, were found near Alcacer do Sal, about 60 miles south of Lisbon, carrying backpacks with food, water, and a change of clothes. The boys lacked identification documents and were rescued by a passerby and his wife, who took them to a police station. The boys reported being blindfolded and led into a forest under the guise of playing a game, and they said they could not find their mother or her car after the blindfolds were removed. Portuguese authorities arrested the mother and her current French partner in Fatima. French authorities had issued a Europe-wide request after the father reported the mother and children missing on May 11. A judge ordered pretrial detention after charges including child endangerment and abandonment, with additional allegations of grievous bodily harm and aggravated assault.
"The children, French brothers ages 3 and 5, are the woman's sons. They were found Tuesday along a road near Alcacer do Sal, about 60 miles (100 kilometers) south of Lisbon, carrying backpacks with food, water and a change of clothes. But the boys didn't have identification documents, Portuguese media reported. A passerby and his wife rescued the boys and took them to the police station. They did not have identification documents, Portuguese media reported."
"The rescuers said the boys reported they had been blindfolded and led into a forest under the guise of playing a game, according to Portuguese media. The boys said they could not find their mother or her car when they removed the blindfolds. Police, camerapersons surround the courthouse in SetubalImage: Filipe Amorim/AFP A European-wide search for mother and missing children"
"Portuguese authorities said the boys lived with their mother in Colmar, in eastern France. The woman was no longer with the children's father, who reported the mother and the two boys missing on May 11. French authorities then issued a Europe-wide request to help locate the woman and children. Portuguese police arrested the woman and her current partner, also a French national, at a cafe in the town of Fatima on Thursday."
"Judge Fialho ordered the woman and her partner into pretrial detention after a two-day hearing that concluded Saturday. They were charged with child endangerment and abandonment. The two adults are suspected of causing grievous bodily harm and abandoning children, Fialho said in court. The man was also charged with aggravated assault against one of the children, according to t"
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