They published a video of the arrest of a Cuban father who forgot his daughter in a car in Florida.

A video shows the moment a father of Cuban origin was arrested in West Palm Beach for leaving his three-year-old daughter inside a parked car and exposed to intense heat, while he went to a Sam’s Club location in the mentioned city of Palm Beach County.

The incident occurred in May, but in recent hours, images recorded by a police officer's body camera have gone viral on TikTok, revealing how the minutes unfolded after the man ran out of the market until he was arrested.

The Cuban, 42 years old and identified as Raúl Rielo Fernández, when questioned by the police, claimed that he had forgotten that his daughter was in the vehicle at the time he got out to do some shopping.

It was the sirens of an ambulance that alerted him that something was happening outside, and he ran out shouting "my baby, my baby."

When questioned about the reason he left the minor alone in the car, the Cuban requested that "in Spanish," which prompted another officer to arrive on the scene to serve as a translator.

Another part of the video shows the crying and desperation of the girl when she found herself surrounded by strangers speaking to her in English. A paramedic of Hispanic origin carried her, asked her the name of her dad, and the little girl replied that it was "Raúl."

A third moment of the harsh images shows the arrival of the mother, who, despite everything, remained calm, asked to see the girl, hugged her, and tried to comfort her.

When Raúl Rielo was asked again about how the events unfolded, he explained that it was "a human error" and that he had not left her intentionally.

"That's a piece of you," he said referring to the girl; "She's my princess, she's my everything," he added.

"I have no excuse, it's a mistake, my mistake," he emphasized.

At the moment he was placed in the vehicle, Raúl Rielo thanked the police for their quick action, but at the same time expressed concern about how what had happened would affect his residency process.

The agent who spoke Spanish was empathetic and told him that it wouldn't affect him because what happened was an accident, "it wasn't criminal." "What happens to me doesn't matter [...] I want to thank you, you acted quickly," the Cuban was heard saying once he was placed in the police vehicle.

However, the video reported that the Cuban was accused of child neglect for leaving a child unattended in a motor vehicle.

At the time the news was made public in May, it was revealed that although Rielo told the authorities that he only took 15 minutes, the police determined that it actually took 31 minutes.

According to the previous report of the incident, it was a customer who saw the little girl alone inside the car who sought out an officer, while other witnesses pulled the girl out of the unlocked car.

While this was happening, the father was inside the store shopping and even entered the liquor section, authorities revealed after reviewing the store's security cameras.

"When they took her out and our officer arrived, she was sweating a lot. She was red and crying," said Mike Jachles, spokesperson for the West Palm Beach police, in statements collected at that time by Telemundo 51.

At the moment the minor was rescued from inside the vehicle, the temperature in the sun was 92 degrees Fahrenheit, but inside the car it was much higher.

"The temperature inside a closed vehicle can become lethal in less than ten minutes. If the air temperature is 90 degrees, inside a closed vehicle it can reach 120 or 130 degrees in ten minutes," explained meteorologist Robert Molleda.

Officials determined that the temperature in the car while the girl was inside rose to at least 117 degrees Fahrenheit.

At least 1,093 children have died in the United States from heatstroke between 1990 and 2023 after being forgotten in closed, unventilated vehicles, especially during the summer, according to a study conducted by Kids and Car Safety released this Friday.

The state of Texas ranks first in deaths, with 155, followed by Florida (118) and California (65).

Most of these deaths occur under three circumstances: children are forgotten in vehicles (55%), access the car by themselves (25%), or are knowingly left inside the vehicle (15%).

On average, each year in the United States, around 38 children die in vehicles due to heatstroke, with 2018 and 2019 being the two worst years in the last 33, with 54 and 53 deaths, respectively.

In 2023, there were 29 accidental child deaths in vehicles at high temperatures, with the state of Florida leading with seven children deceased.