MEXICO CITY — Mexican authorities say a 9-year-old girl has given birth in western Mexico and they are looking for the purported father, a 17-year-old.
Jalisco state police spokesman Lino Gonzalez says the baby girl was born last week at a hospital in the city of Guadalajara. He says the girl and her baby are doing well.
The girl identified as Dafne by the Telegraph, was reportedly only 8 years old when she became pregnant.
The Telegraph reports the baby was born on Jan. 27 in Zoquipan Hospital weighing 5.7 pounds and both girls were released over the weekend.
Gonzalez said Wednesday that the girl's family alerted authorities after she gave birth and the alleged father has not been seen since in the neighborhood the both live in.
According to ABC News, Gonzalez told reporters that, "Due to her young age, we don't know if she is being entirely truthful." He received an account of the relationship from the young mother who describes a loving relationship.
"She did not realize that she was pregnant until the seventh month," said Gonzalez, ABC is reporting.
He says that if the teenager's paternity is proven he could face child sex abuse charges.
Gonzalez says the girl told authorities the teenager was her boyfriend.
Lina Medina made medical history in May 1939 when she gave birth at age 5 in the Andean village of Ticrapo, Peru, according to Snopes.com.
In recent history, a 10-year-old in Colombia gave birth in 2012, and a 9-year-old in China had a baby boy in 2010.