The wife of a soldier stationed at Joint Base San Antonio was
taken into custody by the FBI this week after she allegedly tore
her six-year-old son's genitals as punishment, and then used
super glue to fix them.
Jennifer Vargas, 34 tore her son’s genitals
According to the criminal complaint affidavit, Jennifer Marie
Vargas's husband returned home on September 27th to find
bloody paper towels stuffed down his crying son's underwear.
Upon closer inspection, it was revealed that the child's scrotum
had been partially severed, resulting in a 4 centimeter-long tear
and significant bruising.
He was rushed to the hospital where surgeons were able to
repair the damage.
The affidavit says Vargas, 34, admitted to inflicting the injury
out of anger with the child.
She told agents she attempted to treat the wound with alcohol,
and then "applied superglue to the (boy's) scrotum until the
bleeding stopped."
After lining his underwear with paper towels, Vargas "then told
him to go to bed."
Vargas was arrested this past Wednesday and charged with
assault within maritime and territorial jurisdiction resulting in
serious bodily injury.
If convicted, she faces up to 10 years behind bars.
WOAI reports that after 11 years of marriage, the couple filed for
divorce. Prosecutors told the station that the boy has recovered
and is doing well.

Picture of the scrotum