ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – An Albuquerque mother will spend the next decade behind bars for abusing her young son.

A judge sentenced Natalie Saiz Thursday. Police responded to her home in 2023 after a call about a child who was severely hurt.

When officers got on scene, they found Saiz’s 5-year-old son with bruises all over his body and his eyes swollen shut.

She pleaded guilty to abandonment of a child, abuse of a child, and bribery. Saiz’s boyfriend, Phillip Valencia, is also spending 10 years behind bars.

A judge made that decision back in December.

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