Mother arrested as young boy's eyes gouged out in 'ritual'

Police in a Mexico City suburb have arrested a mother and several relatives for allegedly gouging out the eyes of her five-year-old son in what authorities said was a drug-fuelled ritual.

The boy was taken to a hospital in Nezahualcoyotl, a part of Mexico state bordering Mexico City, in a serious condition yesterday and later transferred by helicopter to a more specialised facility in the capital.