He allegedly told the child, "If this was in Honduras, I could have killed you," according to an arrest report.

Updated, Aug. 8, 2019:

Wilmer Almendares-Castellanos pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of battery and was sentenced to the time he already spent in jail awaiting trial, 163 days, according to court records.

Original Story, March 7, 2019:

GREENACRES — A 38-year-old Greenacres man beat a pregnant woman and her 9-year-old, telling the child, "If this was in Honduras, I could have killed you," according to an arrest report.

Wilmer Almendares-Castellanos was booked Feb. 17 at the Palm Beach County Jail. He remained there Thursday morning, with his bail set at $11,000. He is charged with aggravated battery on a pregnant person, child abuse and tampering with a witness, victim or informant.

According to a Palm Beach County sheriff's report, on Dec. 26, a 28-year-old woman, accompanied by her child, went to PBSO's Greenacres substation and told deputies in Spanish that she was assaulted Oct. 6.

She said a man told her he'd lost at cards and asked for $100. She said she refused because she owed the money to someone else. She said Almendares-Castellanos then came into the room, drunk and shouted at her to give the money. He then began to punch the child in the head and made the statement about Honduras.

The woman said that when she tried to shield her child, Almendares-Castellanos threw her to the ground. She said she grabbed her cellphone to call 911 and moved toward a bathroom, where she intended to lock herself in. She said Alemendares-Castellanous broke the bathroom door and grabbed her cellphone, disconnecting the call. She said he followed her to the living room and began punching her in the neck.

She said that as she fled the apartment, Almendares-Castellanos punched her child in the head one last time.

The woman said she was six months pregnant at the time and began suffering abdominal pains. She said two women in the neighborhood saw her and took her to JFK Medical Center in Atlantis. She said she later was transferred to St. Mary's Medical Center in West Palm Beach, where she stayed for six days.