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Mexico - Arlene Lieberman, Arlene Reingold and Mario Reyes case

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1996 Jan 1
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  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.

Documents

Title Publication date
Samoan adoption scandal fuels call for reform 2009 Feb 16
Adoption scandal has prompted only minor changes 2009 Feb 14
Making “American” Families: Transnational Adoption and U.S. Latin America Policy 2006 Jan 1
When You Wish Upon A Star: An Adoption Story 2002 Jan 1
2 face child-smuggling counts 2001 Aug 18
'The two Arlenes': 1 family's pain 2001 Apr 15
Special Report: International Adoption from Americas.org [Latin America] 2000 Nov 1
Letter to the Editor "The Path to Legal Adoption" 2000 May 2
THREE SENTENCED IN MEXICAN BABY SMUGGLING CASE 2000 Apr 18
Prison for Baby Smugglers / 3 sentenced in Mexican adoption fraud 2000 Apr 18
Douglas smuggler of babies sentenced 2000 Apr 18
Black-Market Babies 2000 Apr 10
ADOPTIVE DAD GRILLED ON LINK TO SMUGGLING 2000 Feb 10
Mexico pursues Douglas man accused of trafficking in kids 1999 Oct 8
Guilty Plea in Adoption Scheme 1999 Oct 2
CHILDREN FACE LITTLE CHANCE OF ADOPTION 1999 Aug 1
Two women plead guilty in Mexican baby smuggling case 1999 Jul 16
L.I. WOMEN PLEAD TO BABY SMUGGLING 1999 Jul 16
Suspected baby-smuggling lawyer out on $1 million bond in N.Y.C. 1999 Jul 3
ARIZONA MAN PLEADS NOT GUILTY IN MEXICAN BABY-SMUGGLING CASE 1999 Jun 19
Douglas lawyer denied bond in baby smuggling 1999 Jun 4
Accused baby seller meant well, lawyer says 1999 Jun 2
In Mexico, Children, and Promises, Unkept 1999 Jun 2
ADOPTION SUSPECT ORDERED TO NY DOUGLAS MAN HAD GOOD INTENTIONS, ATTORNEY SAYS 1999 Jun 2
Well-crafted adoption plan fooled parents 1999 May 29
PARENTS FEAR LOSING ADOPTED KIDS 1999 May 29
Woman Admits Using False Papers in Baby-Smuggling Case 1999 May 29
BABY RING ALLEGED DOUGLAS MAN, 2 N.Y. WOMEN ACCUSED OF SELLING 17 MEXICAN TOTS 1999 May 28
MEXICAN BABY ADOPTIONS RARE 1999 May 28
Two women, lawyer accused of running baby-smuggling ring 1999 May 28

Location

Agua Prieta