Authorities have confirmed that a woman accused of throwing her newborn baby into a dumpster in Houston is in the U.S. illegally. The woman, identified as Everilda Cux Ajtalam, 18, is a Guatemalan national who entered the country illegally as an unaccompanied minor.
According to reports, Ajtalam allegedly gave birth in a parking lot, placed the baby in a tied garbage bag, and left it in a dumpster. The incident was captured on surveillance video, leading to her arrest.