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GUATEMALA-CHILDREN-ADOPTION-ILLEGAL
Policemen stand guard at a clandestine orphanage discovered last Saturday in the tourist area of Antigua, 47 km west of Guatemala City, on August 14th, 2007. Police in Guatemala have rescued dozens of babies destined for the country's booming illegal adoption market, amid new cries for stricter governmental oversight. Officials said that police rescued 46 children aged between three days and two years old, who were victims of the country's notorious adoption racket and did not have proper documentation for adoption. Nearly 4,500 children were adopted in Guatemala last year, up 10 percent from 2005, according to the prosecutor general's office. Ninety-eight percent of children ended up in the hands of foreign -mainly US- couples. AFP PHOTO/Orlando SIERRA
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ANTIGUA GUATEMALA, GUATEMALA |
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AFP / Mediafax Foto |
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ORLANDO SIERRA |
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14 August 2007 |
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