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HOBBS, New Mexico (KMID/KPEJ) - Tuesday, the City of Hobbs hosted the blessing of the Hobbs New Mexico Safe Haven Baby Box. The box was installed at Hobbs Fire Department Station 1.
The push for a Safe Haven Baby Box in Hobbs, started after a newborn was thrown in a dumpster last year and outraged many in the community.
Baby boxes have slowly been appearing across the nation and New Mexico is a proud representation of that growth, now hosting two baby boxes and looking to expand.
City officials in Hobbs said this is beneficial to their entire community and other communities should look to take a page out of their book.
Looking back at what started this conversation in Hobbs specifically, back in January of last year, a video circulated of 18-year-old Alexis Avila throwing her newborn baby in a dumpster.
This past month, Avila has since been convicted of Attempted Murder in the First Degree and Child Abuse Resulting in Great Bodily Harm. She was then sentenced to 16 years in prison.
The good news, the baby she threw away survived and even celebrated his first birthday in January.
His story is pushing many to help other children across the US.
"What we failed to do, is to do it in public school, so Ms. Avila would've known that there are options," stated New Mexico's State Senator, David Gallegos. "That's my fault, as a legislature, that's my fault."
Now a year after this video, The Ci...
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