April 13, 2009
April 02, 2009
Found & Reunited
Candida (AKA "Angie", sister of Enma)
Kidnapped from family in Jalapa, Guatemala
US Agency: Adoption Blessings Worldwide
Guatemalan facilitator: "Teo" (AKA Thanasis Kolias, Athanasios Kollias)
UPDATE: We have conflicting information about the Guatemalan facilitator. We have recieved information that Carla Giron was the attorney, and Alejandra Ortiz was the facilitator. It should be noted, however, that Teo is named in a directorial role in many problematic cases, working behind the attorney and facilitator, often invisibly.
April 01, 2009
Found & Reunited
Esther Sulamita
Stolen from her mother Ana Escobar in Guatemala City, March 27, 2007
Alleged US Agency: Homecoming Adoptions, owned by Robert Kuschel and Florida attorneys Rigdon and Alexander
Alleged Guatemalan facilitator: Teo
Ana was working in a shoe store when armed men came in, locked her in a closet and stole her then 6 month old daughter Esther. Ana searched for 14 months, and finally found her daughter in a governmental office. Esther was weeks away from being placed with an unsuspecting family in Indiana.
Esther's case is the first indisputable case of kidnapping where the child "passed" the USCIS DNA test.
Amount of time Ana spent without her daughter: 14 months
Found & Reunited
Ana Christina and Maria Fernanda
found and reunited with their mother Mildred Alvarado in Guatemala City
Date: August, 2006
Alleged US Agency: Celebrate Children International, Director Sue Hedberg
Guatemalan facilitator: Marvin Bran
Prospective adoptive mother recognized Mildred's name in the Prensa Libre when the paper did a story on mothers trying to locate their stolen children. Mildred's name matched the name of her referred child's biological mother. The PAP contacted the Prensa Libre and they in turn contacted Norma Cruz and The Survivor's Foundation. Communication was then set up via telephone between the PAP and Mildred via an interpreter from a human rights group.
Through email, pictures of Mildred's daughter were shared, images of a daughter she hadn't even seen yet. Legal documents helped gain access to hogars, and the two missing girls were located. A judge returned the girls to Mildred in February 2008.
DNA Testing:
Guatemalan doctor/sample packager: L. Aida Gutierrez C.
Amount of time Mildred spent without her children: 18 months
March 31, 2009
Have You Seen Me?
Anyeli Liseth Hernandez Rodriguez (actual name)
AKA: Karen Abigail Lopez Garcia
Stolen November 03, 2006 Villa Hermosa, San Miguel Petapa, Guatemala
Mother: Loyda Elizabeth Rodriguez Morales
REWARD OF Q70,000.00 CALL (502) 2413-8888 EXT 2226
There are three children believed to be adopted and living in the US that apparently have the same picture(s) used in adoption case documents. The child in the photo(s) is identified as Anyeli Liseth Hernandez Rodrguez by her mother Loyda Rodriguez and was identified in the following adoption files (names listed here are presumably given by case facilitators and are in the Guatemalan case files):
Dulce Maria case number: 2222-2008 CNA
Karen Abigail Lopez Garcia Abandoned child presumed to be living at Assiciacion Primavera. Case number: 4324 2008 CNA
Karen Abigail Cifuentes Gonnon Declared abandoned by Judge de la Ninez, COA issued by Escuintla Case number: 3632 2008 CNA
ABOVE: photo of Anyeli Liseth
ABOVE: photo of "Karen Abigail Lopez Garcia" from official documents (possibly passport)
ABOVE: photo of Anyeli Liseth, used in official documents and identified by Loyda Rodriguez as her daughter.
Actual DOB: October 1, 2004
Published Date of Birth: 1-14-2005
Possible immigration to the US: November or December 2008
Possible Associated Hogar: Association Primavera, Zona 10, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Cedula issued in Escuintla, Iztapa, Guatemala
Last name initials of possible US adoptive parents, father: T.M. mother: J.V.M.
Possible current location: Missouri
Letter from the mothers of stolen children
Have You Seen Me?
Anyeli Liseth Hernandez Rodriguez (actual name)
AKA: Dulce Maria
Stolen November 03, 2006 Villa Hermosa, San Miguel Petapa, Guatemala
Mother: Loyda Elizabeth Rodriguez Morales
REWARD OF Q70,000.00 CALL (502) 2413-8888 EXT 2226
There are three children believed to be adopted and living in the US that apparently have the same picture(s) used in adoption case documents. The child in the photo(s) is identified as Anyeli Liseth Hernandez Rodrguez by her mother Loyda Rodriguez and was identified in the following adoption files (names listed here are presumably given by case facilitators and are in the Guatemalan case files):
Dulce Maria case number: 2222-2008 CNA
Karen Abigail Lopez Garcia abandoned child presumed to be living at Assiciacion Primavera. Case number: 4324 2008 CNA
Karen Abigail Cifuentes Gonnon Declared abandoned by Judge de la Ninez, COA issued by Escuintla Case number: 3632 2008 CNA
Possible Name, given by case facilitators: Dulce Maria
Alleged US Agency: Main Street Adoptions
Mother's Name: Loyda Rodriguez Hernandez
Child referred at approx. 3.5 years old
Possibly immigrated to US in early spring 2008 at approx. age 4.5 years old
Possible Location: US or Guatemala
Links:
Sobrevivientes Document Detailing Cases
Letter from the four mothers of stolen children
Prensa Libra 3-24-2009 (photo of mother Loyda Rodriguez holding photo)
Granma (Italy)
Have You Seen Me?
Cindy Garcia (name on adoption papers)
Arlen Scarlet Lopez (actual name)
(Also listed as Arlene Escarleth)
Stolen September 27, 2006
Mother: Olga Angelica Lopez Lopez
REWARD OF Q40,000 PLEASE CALL (502) 2413-8888 EXT 2226
ABOVE: photo identified by mother Olga Lopez as her daughter
Fraudulent Place of Birth: Iztapa, Escuintla, Guatemala
Because the child was only one month old at time of kidnapping, it is difficult to identify the child in photographs, and case documents must be used in addition to recognition. Mother Olga Lopez has identified several of cases with accompanying photos that could be her daughter. However, it is believed this child has now been positively identified and is living in Illinois with adoptive parents.
Links:
Prensa Libre, 3-24-2009
BBC News, 7-24-2008
La Hora, 6-13-2008
Sobrevivientes Document Detailing Cases
Letter from Mothers of Stolen Children
Have You Seen Me?
Kimberli Azucena (possible name given on adoption papers)
Heidy Sarai Batz Par (actual name)
Stolen April 04, 2006
Mother: Raquel Par Socop
REWARD OF Q40,000 PLEASE CALL (502) 2413-8888 EXT 2226
Above: Baby picture. Eleven months or younger.
Above: Picture around time of immigration to US, Nov or Dec 2007
Possible location: Iowa
Mother's Name: Raquel Par Socop
True DOB: May 1, 2005
Fraudulent DOB, given by case facilitators: November 08, 2006
True Place of BIrth: Tecpan, Guatemala
Fraudulent Place of Birth: Chinautla, Guatemala
Date Stolen: April 04, 2006 (child was 11 months old)
Location: Bolivar Ave, Villa Hermosa, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Details: while
traveling on a bus, the mother Raquel Par was offered a drink that was poisoned. After drinking it,
she passed out. When she awoke, her daughter was gone.
Approximate date of US immigration: November or December 2007
DNA Testing: Child passed the required USCIS DNA test. Unknown at this time what doctors in Guatemala handled the DNA.
Links:
Pound Pup Legacy (most articles translated to English here)
Prensa Libre, 4-15-2009, latest demonstration with Raquel Par photographed.
Prensa Libre, 3-24-2009 Reward offered for information on stolen girls
Document of Reward Offered for all 3 missing girls
Categories
- ** LETTER FROM MOTHERS OF STOLEN CHILDREN **
- ** SOBREVIVIENTES STOLEN CHLIDREN DECLARATION **
- *** DO YOU KNOW ME? ***
- *** FOUND & REUNITED ***
- *** HAVE YOU SEEN ME? ***
- *** I WAS STOLEN-SEARCHING FOR FAMILY
- 4 WOMEN OF COURAGE
- Adoption Blessings Worldwide
- Aida Gutierrez
- Celebrate Children International
- Guatemalan Adoption
- Homecoming Adoptions
- Main Street Adoptions
- Palmetto Hope
- Stolen Children
- Sue Hedberg
- Tedi Hedstrom
- Teo
