A mother is facing ten years in jail after she pulled off her son's penis because she was angry with him, before trying to superglue it back on.
Jennifer Marie Vargas was arrested on Wednesday after tugging on her six-year-old son's genitals too hard and creating a laceration four centimetres long.
The 34-year-old lives with the boy's father – who is enlisted in the army – at the Joint Base San Antonio, a military facility, in Texas.
She has been charged with assault within maritime and territorial jurisdiction resulting in serious bodily harm, the Houston Chronicle reported.
The incident reportedly came about because Vargas, while angry with the boy, grabbed him by the scrotum and pulled as hard as she could. She ripped his scrotum and caused a laceration, the affidavit stated.
Following the boy's injuries she attempted to clean the wound with alcohol and fix it with superglue until the bleeding stopped, without seeking any medical help.
The father came home from work to see his son crying in his bedroom, in addition to blood-stained tissue in the boy's underwear. After seeing the severe injury he took the boy to hospital where he underwent surgery to repair the damage to his genitals.
The child is now recuperating and is in the father's custody.The mother is currently detained by the Police and will appear at a bail hearing on Monday.