Mom Arrested After Giving Her Daughters Rat Poison Smoothies

by Austin Petersen

Maria Alvarado-Gomez was arrested and charged with two counts of attempted first-degree murder after she poured a box of rat poison into her daughter’s smoothies. Gomez claimed that she did so in order to ensure that the father of the girls did not get custody.

Police reported that Gomez said she was afraid the father was going to take the children to Mexico and that’s why she wanted to kill them. The girls reportedly complained about the taste of the smoothies but Gomez told them that she put “vitamins” in the mix. Gomez also drank a poison smoothie and began throwing up, intending to die along with her girls.

Luckily the two girls were taken to the hospital and survived, as well as Gomez. The father, Martin Gonzalez was given the children and has no plans to take them to Mexico saying, “The girls are fine. They’re playing right now. I just want people to withhold their judgement [of Gomez], because she is mentally ill.”

Austin Petersen is a homegrown Missourian with a lifelong passion for liberty. He grew up on a horse farm in Peculiar, Missouri and went on to attend Missouri State University, graduating with a degree in the Fine Arts. After developing a career in media in both New York City and Washington, D.C., he returned to Kansas City, MO, the city he now calls home. In 2016, Petersen appeared on the national stage as a candidate for president of the United States. He took second place in the crowded Libertarian primary behind Governor Gary Johnson and ahead of cyber security maverick John McAfee. During his campaign, Petersen earned many high-profile conservative endorsements, including Mary Matalin, Erick Erickson and Leon Wolf of RedState.com. Petersen also brings decades of professional experience in a wide variety of fields, from content production and media to business and political activism. He is the owner and chief executive of Stonegait LLC, a consulting firm specializing in photo and video services. He was also the director of production at FreedomWorks and an associate producer for Judge Andrew Napolitano’s show “Freedom Watch” on the Fox Business Network. Additionally, Petersen has a national following as a commentator and professional pundit. He is the founder of The Libertarian Republic, a powerful online news source for the public that receives an average of 1 million unique visits monthly and whose podcast, The Freedom Report, receives an average of one million monthly downloads. He is also a frequent contributor on television, appearing on Fox News, Fox Business, CNN, MSNBC and on dozens of local radio shows.

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