Mexican Authorities Declare Nonuplets Story a Hoax RTE
go to original April 28, 2012

Tests showed the 'expectant' mother was not even pregnant.

Health authorities in Mexico have declared reports that a woman in northern Mexico is pregnant with nine babies are a hoax.

Mexico's main broadcaster Televisa and top daily newspapers ran stories about a woman expecting nonuplets late on Thursday.

The story emerged after she provided welfare officials with supposed evidence of the multiple pregnancy, including an ultrasound video, said a spokesman for the health ministry of Coahuila state.

Following the news, local health authorities offered assistance to the woman, who was identified as 32-year-old Karla Perez from Villa Arteaga, east of the state capital Saltillo.

Reports said Ms Perez had conceived the babies after receiving fertility treatment, but tests carried out by doctors yesterday revealed she was not even pregnant.

It was not clear why the mother of three had made the claims, the spokesman added.

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