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Mission parents arraigned after allegedly abandoning children during freeze

By: Claudia Garcia

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Bond has been set for two Mission parents who allegedly left their children alone during a freeze warning on Tuesday.

Camila Alvarado and Julio Cesar Briseno were arraigned on Thursday. They were arrested after their three children, a one-month-old, a five-year-old and a nine-year-old, were found "cold and hungry" in a home where the only source of heat was a small space heater powered by an extension cord.

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According to court records, Alvarado was charged with three counts of child abandonment and an additional charge of resisting arrest. Her bond was set at $100,000.

Hidalgo County jail records show Briseno was charged with three counts of child abandonment. He also faces additional charges of violation of a protective order, failure to identify, verification of incarceration - continuous violence against family and verification of incarceration - interfering with an emergency arrest. His bond was set at $120,000.

Both parents remain behind bars.

The children are in the custody of the Texas Department of Child Protective Services pending the outcome of the investigation. 

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