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Showing posts with label El Salvador. Show all posts
Showing posts with label El Salvador. Show all posts

Saturday, September 12, 2015

Texas couple's ordeal exposes El Salvador's little-known infant trafficking market

Texas couple's ordeal exposes El Salvador's little-known infant trafficking market

The couple that accused an obstetrician at the private Centro Ginecologico hospital in San Salvador with swapping their child at birth in order to sell the infant exposed a little-known form of human trafficking.

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Journey to the U.S. border: One family's story through a desperate mother's eyes

Journey to the U.S. border: One family's story through a desperate mother's eyes

Having paid $21,000 and entrusted her family's fate to a man whom she did not know, Sonia Maribel waited with her phone for 30 dreadful days and nights back in April. She'd wring her hands at one moment, then pray the next.

Saturday, February 23, 2013

El Salvador: Memories of Stolen Children


El Salvador: Memories of Stolen Children

One of Gregoria Contreras' first childhood memories was the moment she last saw her parents.

Soldiers stole children during El Salvador's war


Soldiers stole children during El Salvador's war

One of Gregoria Contreras' first childhood memories was the moment she last saw her parents.

Thursday, April 16, 2009

El Salvador Enacts Child Protection

El Salvador Enacts Child Protection

The governing party of El Salvador, ARENA, after prolonged public demand and near the end of its mandate, approved the Law of Integral Protection of Children and Adolescents.

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