Father of African boy found in suitcase freed on bail

Madrid - The father of an Ivory Coast
boy caught being smuggled into
Spain in a suitcase last month has
been freed on bail, allowing the
family to be reunited.
A court ordered Ali Ouattara freed
on Monday evening, hours after his
8-year-old son was allowed leave a
youth centre where he was
discovered May 7 by border police in
Spain's North African enclave of
Ceuta. He was in a suitcase carried
by a woman not related to the
family.

Police images of the scanned case
shocked many and highlighted the
harrowing plight of migrants trying
to reach Europe.
The father, who lives with the
mother legally in Spain, said through
his lawyer he knew nothing of the
suitcase plan, believing his son was
to be brought in with a visa.