A police officer in Argentina was reportedly promoted after a photo of her breast-feeding a neglected baby while in uniform went viral.

The New York Times reported on Thursday that Celeste Ayala was among of team of police officers that took six siblings into state custody in a city near Buenos Aires earlier this month because they were in extremely poor condition.

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The youngest sibling, who was about seventh months old, continued to cry, which was when Ayala asked staff at the hospital if she could breast-feed the baby.