U.S. adoptees stolen from Chile reunite with biological families in Chile

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Thousands of children have been stolen from their biological parents to be adopted by foreign families. A phenomenon that is common in many countries, especially for political reasons, such as...

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Stolen identities: US adoptees return to Chile to meet birth families decades later

Human rights groups estimate that thousands of children were stolen from their birth parents during Pinochet's brutal dictatorship, which lasted from 1973 until 1990, and adopted to foreign families

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U.S. adoptees stolen from Chile reunite with biological families in Chile

Five U.S. adoptees, taken as infants during Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet’s regime, are returning to Chile to meet their biological families for the first time.

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HOUSTON – On a journey that will change their lives forever, Five adopted people in the United States discovered that they were stolen at birth during Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship in Chile. Today, almost 40 years later, they embark on the way back to reunite with their biological families. They were all separated from their families as babies and given up for adoption without consent, today they leave in the hope of embracing their loved ones…