Mexican woman gets 30 years for murdering her child

A woman in Mexico has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for murdering her infant daughter through neglect so severe authorities found the malnourished toddler partially eaten by ants.

Mariana Lizeth Hernandez Salas had neglected her 18-month-old daughter so badly it shocked the entire community of Chihuahua when news broke in 2014.

Childcare workers were alerted to the possible neglect when a neighbour noticed the child spending too much time on her own, Excelsior reports.