Texas Man Hits 4-Year-Old Son With Belt and Force-Feeds Him Hot Sauce for Swearing

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4/28/2019|Updated: 4/28/2019

A Texas man was arrested by Leander police after he hit his 4-year-son with a belt and force-fed him with hot sauce for saying a curse word on April 21.

San Antonio resident Demitro Revillas, 24 poured hot sauce into his son’s mouth for about four minutes while the child kept pleading with him to stop, reported KXAN.

Venus Upadhayaya

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Venus Upadhayaya reports on India, China, and the Global South. Her traditional area of expertise is in Indian and South Asian geopolitics. Community media, sustainable development, and leadership remain her other areas of interest.

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