Guatemala Kids Sold to
US for Parts
The arrest of
Guatemalans Sergio
Ventura and Catalina
Hernandez as they tried
to smuggle two
Salvadoran children
across the US border
confirms soaring human
and child trafficking.
Both were acquitted two
months ago due to lack
of evidence, but were
deported now from
Florida, US, and are
detained at La Aurora
International Airport.
Victoria de Leon, from
the Attorney's General
Office, confirmed that
an increasing number of
Salvadoran children
reach the US via
Guatemala.
A wave of abductions
attests to soaring child
trafficking, generally
for illegal adoption and
the organ and body parts
trade.
Panic spread with the
murder of Michelle
Espana, 8, in Camotan,
found with heart and
lungs missing. There
have been other cases of
frustrated kidnappings
or young babies snatched
from their mothers'
arms.
The authorities say
remote areas are
hotspots for the
traffickers who target
poor families that do
not dare to press
charges. |
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