This is sort of a part II to the update I did last night, “News- End of June articles relating to Enna’s death- lots of new developments.” The inclusion of these three articles brings my coverage up to date. Torres pleads guilty in stepsister’s death Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, July 2, ‘08 Marraina Torres pleaded […]

I’ve been following the details in the aftermath of Enna’s death closely. For new readers, or readers in need of reminders, take a look at my earlier writings on Enna, and Bastardette’s “Mississippi: of Puppy Mills and Baby Mills — If you can stomach it!” The below represents a final round up for a last […]

New readers should first look to my earlier coverage on Enna’s story for a basic backgrounder:Enna, oh Enna! aka When animals outweigh a dead Guatemalan ‘adoptee’. 5/24/08 and Enna & her ’siblings’, where did they all come from? 6/3/08 Yesterday afternoon (6/6/08) news of the older sister being charged in Enna’s death back on May […]

And how did the Barretos end up with them? What part of the adoption industry was involved in the two actual adoptions? For new readers, allow me to refer you back to my original post, “Enna, oh Enna! aka When animals outweigh a dead Guatemalan ‘adoptee’.” But for my regular readers, the below is merely […]

The AP has a new piece out today about the annulment of 15 (so far) of the 2286 adoptions under review, roughly 10% of the 160 that have been investigated to date. Guatemala annulls 15 adoption cases What I found most concerning was this- The babies whose cases have been annulled will be put in […]

Off ABC news- U.S. Adoptions Fueled by Guatemalan Kidnappings “Demand for Guatemalan Children Is So High, Baby Snatching Is Rampant” Just go read it. No commentary necessary, other than to point out the obvious, ANY agency “guaranteeing” much of ANYTHING in realtion to these kids in Guatemala is suspect.

(Just another little story that deserves more attention than these kinds of things tend to get.) This from the Australian Broadcasting Corp- Baby traffickers arrested on China-Vietnam border To quote just a little: The two babies were turned over to a social welfare centre, the officer said. “This is the third baby trafficking case we […]

Yesterday’s Denver Post carried a warning (in the consumer protection model) about Colorado adoption agencies entitled “Adoption agencies under fire.” Nearly half the international adoption agencies in Colorado are losing money, five are at risk due to debt and one has generated so many complaints that state officials warned potential clients that they might want […]

Off the BBC today, Guatemala halts foreign adoptions. The authorities in Guatemala have suspended the adoption of some 2,300 children by foreigners for at least a month to check for irregularities. … The government had been under pressure to curb a controversial trade where intermediaries could be paid thousands of dollars to arrange an adoption. […]

This AP piece by way of this morning’s Baltimore Sun- Vietnam to end adoption program with U.S. after report Quoting several excerpts: HANOI, Vietnam – Vietnam is ending a child adoption agreement with the United States after being accused of allowing baby-selling and corruption, officials said today. … The decision was made following a report […]