Children held a fake funeral to bury their mother alive because no one wanted to take care of her.

The descendants of Mrs Chacon, a Bolivian, were arrested by police for taking their mother to a funeral home while she was still alive.

Carmen Chacon, 69, from La Paz, Bolivia, had brain cancer and had to stay in the hospital for a long time. Doctors said there was nothing more they could do and told her family to take her home.

But instead of taking their mother home to take care of her in her final days, the children took her to the funeral home, asking them to bury her because no one wanted to take care of her.

Mrs. Chacon was taken to the funeral home by her children while still alive. Photo: Tuko.

According to Newsrt, Mrs. Chacon had to spend the night in the funeral home. When the staff came to prepare to take Mrs. Chacon's body out for burial, they suddenly heard crying.

They called her family but her children refused to take her home. The incident was reported to the police and her daughter, son-in-law and grandchild were arrested. Mrs Chacon is now being cared for at another hospital.

In addition to family members, the funeral home owner also faces charges for accepting burials without medical confirmation of the patient's death, La Paz city prosecutors said.

According to VNE