She burns her husband in his sleep because he came back late, and then she ran away.

A woman set fire to her husband, who returned home at dawn after celebrating a carnival in the municipality of Soledad, Atlantico Department of Colombia.

The victim's husband, Hugo Manuel Rojas Garcia, 45, suffers from burns to the chest and upper and lower extremities, and is now in the intensive care unit.

According to the police report, the victim fell asleep after a strong argument with his wife as a result of arriving home very late, while he was still drunk, and while he was sleeping, the woman sprayed alcohol on his body before lighting a match and throwing it at him to burn.

The husband's first medical report says: "He has burns in the chest and upper and lower extremities. The patient is in the intensive care unit. He did not have respiratory problems, so it was not necessary to put him on artificial respiration."

According to the doctors who testified in the case, the victim sustained burns on 45% of his body.

The wife, Tania Mendoza Perez, ran away after what she did and the police are still looking for her.

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