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Premature baby found alive after parents took him from Paris hospital

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — A premature baby taken away by his parents from a Paris hospital was found alive with them in an Amsterdam hotel Friday, four days after their disappearance which sparked a cross-border search, officials said.

'Santiago's parents were found in a hotel in the Amsterdam region of the Netherlands. The baby was with them. He is alive and has had medical treatment,' Eric Mathais, chief prosecutor in the Seine-Saint-Denis department north of Paris, said in a statement.