{{Police in Argentina say they have rescued a 15-year-old girl who had been starved, beaten and kept in a garage for nine years by her foster parents.}}<\/p>\n
The girl weighed only 20 kilos (44 pounds), and said she had been fed only bread and water in her captivity.<\/p>\n
Her only company had been that of a dog and a monkey, and she said she was beaten with a belt if she tried to eat the leftover food thrown to the pets.<\/p>\n
Her carers have been arrested and charged with slavery and abuse.<\/p>\n
The teenager was found in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires, by one of her biological sisters, who had lost track of her.<\/p>\n
The girl, who has been hospitalised, said she had been out of the garage only twice in nine years.<\/p>\n
According to officials, her foster parents took the girl into care provisionally in 2001 after a court found that her biological parents, who had seven more children, were financially unable to look after her.<\/p>\n
At first, the two families kept in contact, but it is unclear what happened after 2005 and why her biological family reportedly lost track of the girl.<\/p>\n
Her foster parents were waiting for the girl’s adoption papers to be finalised.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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