Former South Florida daycare teacher bonds out of jail after video shows her shaking 2-year-old boy by the neck

A former Lincoln-Marti teacher accused of abusing a 2-year-old student at a Homestead daycare is out of jail after being charged with child abuse.

Beatriz Gomez-Hurtado, 53, walked out of a Miami-Dade jail Tuesday and was met by cameras.

Still wearing her Lincoln-Marti work uniform, Gomez-Hurtado walked from the jail to her car without answering questions about the allegations.

Gomez-Hurtado worked at Lincoln-Marti School and Childcare Center in Homestead until Tuesday. School administrators fired Gomez-Hurtado after seeing video of the alleged attack in a classroom Monday morning.

A 2-year-old boy in Gomez-Hurtado's class misbehaved, investigators said. She reprimanded the child, but he then laid on the ground and had a temper tantrum, according to arrest records.

Gomez-Hurtado pulled the child up by the wrist, put both hands around his neck and face, and shook the 2-year-old back and forth before putting him in a time-out, arrest records said.

Outside the school, one parent said she believes her own son was also abused by the same teacher.

"I brought it to the principal's attention. I had a meeting with the principal, and nothing was done about it," the parent said. "Anytime my son would come around the teacher, he would just scream. He would holler. And I would say something is not right. And then when he would come home, he would be like, 'Mommy, the teacher, the teacher hit me.'"

A spokesperson for the Lincoln-Marti organization said the incident that led to Gomez-Hurtado's arrest was captured on classroom surveillance video.

In a statement, the organization said:

"Then, consistent with what is simply right, the director immediately reviewed the classroom surveillance footage. Upon viewing the footage, the Director immediately removed the employee from the classroom and campus, notified Lincoln-Martí's administrative office, and terminated her employment. Lincoln-Martí then promptly reported the incident to the Florida Abuse Hotline."

According to the Lincoln-Martí organization, the director at the Homestead location immediately contacted the child's mother and showed her the surveillance video.

As a condition of her bond, Gomez-Hurtado was ordered to have no contact with the child.