Mexico - Arlene Lieberman, Arlene Reingold and Mario Reyes case

  Two women facilitate illegal Mexican adoptions along with lawyer Mario Manuel Reyes Burgueno (aka Mario Reyes). Reyes paid Mexican mothers for the children, paid other women to pose as mothers to obtain birth certificates, hired professional smugglers to bring the babies to the US without immigration and adoption paperwork, and falsified documents.
Date: 1996-01-01
Number of children: 17

Location

Agua Prieta, Sonora
Mexico
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Samoan adoption scandal fuels call for reform2009-02-16
Adoption scandal has prompted only minor changes2009-02-14
Making “American” Families: Transnational Adoption and U.S. Latin America Policy2006-01-01
When You Wish Upon A Star: An Adoption Story2002-01-01
2 face child-smuggling counts2001-08-18
'The two Arlenes': 1 family's pain 2001-04-15
Special Report: International Adoption from Americas.org [Latin America]2000-11-01
Letter to the Editor "The Path to Legal Adoption"2000-05-02
Prison for Baby Smugglers / 3 sentenced in Mexican adoption fraud 2000-04-18
Douglas smuggler of babies sentenced 2000-04-18
THREE SENTENCED IN MEXICAN BABY SMUGGLING CASE2000-04-18
Black-Market Babies2000-04-10
ADOPTIVE DAD GRILLED ON LINK TO SMUGGLING 2000-02-10
Mexico pursues Douglas man accused of trafficking in kids 1999-10-08
Guilty Plea in Adoption Scheme1999-10-02
CHILDREN FACE LITTLE CHANCE OF ADOPTION 1999-08-01
Two women plead guilty in Mexican baby smuggling case 1999-07-16
L.I. WOMEN PLEAD TO BABY SMUGGLING 1999-07-16
Suspected baby-smuggling lawyer out on $1 million bond in N.Y.C. 1999-07-03
ARIZONA MAN PLEADS NOT GUILTY IN MEXICAN BABY-SMUGGLING CASE 1999-06-19
Douglas lawyer denied bond in baby smuggling 1999-06-04
Accused baby seller meant well, lawyer says 1999-06-02
In Mexico, Children, and Promises, Unkept 1999-06-02
ADOPTION SUSPECT ORDERED TO NY DOUGLAS MAN HAD GOOD INTENTIONS, ATTORNEY SAYS 1999-06-02
Well-crafted adoption plan fooled parents1999-05-29
PARENTS FEAR LOSING ADOPTED KIDS 1999-05-29
Woman Admits Using False Papers in Baby-Smuggling Case1999-05-29
Two women, lawyer accused of running baby-smuggling ring 1999-05-28
BABY RING ALLEGED DOUGLAS MAN, 2 N.Y. WOMEN ACCUSED OF SELLING 17 MEXICAN TOTS 1999-05-28
MEXICAN BABY ADOPTIONS RARE1999-05-28
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