Adoptions from Guatemala were abruptly halted in May to give
officials a chance to investigate the country's troubled $100 million
adoption industry. Now, DNA tests have confirmed that at least one chid was stolen and eventually sold for adoption, a practice some have suggested is widespread.
The
girl, reported stolen more than a year ago, was found by her birth
mother while the little one was nearing the end of the process of being
adopted by an American couple.
From MSNBC.com:
The baby's mother, Ana Escobar, said armed men
locked her in a storage closet at the family's shoe store north of
Guatemala City and took the 6-month-old.
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