NASHVILLE (Tennessee) - A NEWBORN Latino boy abducted by a knife-wielding woman posing as an immigration agent was safe in the care of a foster family on Saturday and awaiting a family reunion as authorities charged a woman with his kidnapping.

SILAS TOOK VICTIM'S HANDPHONE MR SISKOVIC said Silas took the victim's cell phone, which helped investigators locate Silas. He would not comment further on the possibility that Silas was not working alone. ... more

Nashville police said week-old Yair Anthony Carillo was found in good health at a home in Ardmore, about 80 miles (129 kilometres) south of Nashville near the Tennessee line.

Rob Johnson, a spokesman for the Department of Children's Services, said it was unknown when Yair would be returned to his mother.

The baby would remain with the foster family as authorities made arrangements for Maria Gurrolla, 30, to be reunited with her son.

'This baby is a week old, and this child has spent half his life away from his family. I think it's time we reunite them,' said My Harrison, a special agent with the FBI in Tennessee.

Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Director Mark Gwyn identified the arrested woman as Tammy Renee Silas, 39, of Ardmore.

Federal authorities formally charged her Saturday with kidnapping. The Morgan County Sheriff's office said Silas was picked up by US Marshals on Saturday morning, though it was not known where she was being taken.

The baby and Silas were found in Ardmore, and Silas did not resist arrest, Mr Gwyn said. Authorities said they had no word on a possible motive. Police in Nashville did not know if Silas has a lawyer.

The infant was taken from his home on Tuesday, just four days after he was born. His mother told police a heavyset white woman with blonde hair arrived at her home posing as an immigration agent and attacked her with a knife.

Ms Gurrolla told investigators that during the abduction, she heard the woman make a phone call and tell someone in Spanish words to the effect of 'the job is done' and that the mother 'was dying,' said Joel Siskovic, an FBI special agent in the Memphis division. -- AP