US EditionUN experts link Guatemala's attorney general to illegal adoptions
UN experts urge probes into allegations that Guatemala's attorney general was involved in illegal adoption of at least 80 Indigenous children during 1968-1996, including her role at a children’s home.
- UN experts called for an investigation into Guatemala's Attorney General Maria Consuelo Porras for possible involvement in illegal adoptions of Indigenous children during the country's civil war.
- The experts said they received information about at least 80 Indigenous children who were subjected to illegal international adoptions after being taken to a temporary home where Porras was director and legal guardian.
- The group criticized Porras's candidacy for Guatemala's Constitutional Court and urged those who elect the magistrates to exercise caution in light of these serious allegations.
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GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — The Guatemalan government announced Tuesday that it filed a complaint following statements made a day earlier by a United Nations panel of experts who said they were alarmed by allegations that…
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readingeagleAssociated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala's Attorney General's Office on Tuesday rejected allegations by a United Nations panel of experts that it was alarmed by accusations against Attorney General María Consuelo Porras regarding alleged illegal adoptions she carried out at a children's home where she served as director. In a press release posted on its social media accounts, the Attorney General's Office said the accusations "lack evide…
Guatemala's Attorney General, Maria Consuelo Porras, who was sanctioned by the United States and the European Union for corruption, has now been pointed out for his alleged involvement in illegal international adoptions of indigenous children in the 1980s during the civil war. Several experts commissioned by the United Nations (UN) are calling for an investigation.
Maria Consuelo Porras is said to be involved in illegal international adoptions in the 1980s.
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