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Susana Luarca (aka Susana de Umana aka Susana Maria Luarca Saracho de Umaña)

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Organizations

Organization Relation type Date from Date to
Asociacion los Ninos de Guatemala orphanage Director
Asian Children Services Vietnam Humanitarian Corp Facilitator for
Asociacion los Ninos de Guatemala orphanage Facilitator for
Aso­ciacion de los Niños Founder of
Asociacion los Ninos de Guatemala orphanage Founder of
Asociacion Primavera orphanage (Spring) Founder of 1999 Jan 01
Asociación Defensores de la Adopción(ADA) Owner
Asociación Defensores de la Adopción(ADA) Vice President

Relations to other persons

Person Relation Type Person Date from Date to
Susana Luarca (aka Susana de Umana aka Susana Maria Luarca Saracho de Umaña) Associate of Aida Marizuya Rabasso (judge) (aka Aida Marisuya de De Leon)
Susana Luarca (aka Susana de Umana aka Susana Maria Luarca Saracho de Umaña) Married to Ricardo Alfonso Umana Aragon
Susana Luarca (aka Susana de Umana aka Susana Maria Luarca Saracho de Umaña) Mother of Cristina Umana

Documents

Title Publication date
REPORT No. 8/13 PETITION 793-06 ADMISSIBILITY 2013 Mar 19
Arrest made in kidnapping/laundering of Dafne Nayeli Camey Pérez (Yajaira Noemí Muyus) 2012 Mar 19
BREAKING NEWS: Asociación Primavera lawyer and director found guilty of human trafficking in Karen Abigail case 2011 Oct 28
Breaking: Guatemalan Court Revokes Passport for Child Adopted to US Under Name “Karen Abigail” 2011 Aug 3
On GuatAdopt’s “On Susana, CICIG, and the Senator” 2011 May 19
Shoot the messenger 2011 May 17
CAPTURED: Sandra Noemí Maldonado Velásquez 2011
Woman linked with illegal adoptions is deported from the U.S. 2010 Apr 22
COURT: She is accused of human trafficking and forged documents 2009 Dec 16
Woman goes to jail for irregular adoption 2009 May 28
ACS about services page 2009 Apr 29
Guatemala adoptions: a baby trade? 2007 Dec 17
BILL 3735 - THE ORTEGA LAW REVAMPED 2007 Dec 2
Susana's Statement on PGN Events [not a news report] 2007 Oct 23
PGN denounces lawyer Luarca 2007 Oct 20
Video of events at PGN 2007 Oct 19
Story of Karen's Family (girl held by Mary Bonn) 2007 Oct 7
POSITION OF ADA REGARDING THE MANUAL OF GOOD PRACTICES 2007 Mar 2
GUATEMALA UNDER SCRUTINY FOR ABUSES IN ADOPTIONS 2007 Feb 28
Focus on Adoption 2007 Conference "Solutions" Agenda 2007 Feb 21
In pictures: Guatemalan children's home 2007 Jan 1
Guatemala system is scrutinized as Americans rush in to adopt 2006 Nov 4
Couples Rush For Guatemala Adoptions 2006 Jul 26
Making “American” Families: Transnational Adoption and U.S. Latin America Policy 2006 Jan 1
An Evening with Susana Luarca 2005 Sep 26
Guatemala: Statement from organisation of acquitted human rights defender 2004 Feb 3
Bruce Harris wins second process in Guatemala [press release] 2004 Feb 2
UK activist wins Guatemala trial 2004 Jan 31
British man facing prison time in Guatemala after he accused a prominent lawyer of shady adoption practices 2004 Jan 30
UK activist faces Guatemala trial 2004 Jan 22
The Cabal to Silence Bruce Harris [opinion] 2004 Jan 18
UNICEF, Guatemalan Adoptions and the best interest of the Child 2003 Nov 1
A closed adoption case 2002 Oct 24
Freedom of speech goes on trial in Guatemala [opinion] 2002 Jul 28
A Place to Call Home 2002 Jul 15
A Place to Call Home 2002 Jul 15
Casa Alianza Presentation to the United Nation’s Committee on the Rights of the Child 2000 Sep 22
THE BUSINESS OF SELLING BABIES? 2000 Jun 4
Adoption and the Rights of the Child in Guatemala by ILPEC Guatemala for UNICEF 2000 Jan 1
U.S. Congress supports Bruce Harris 1999 May 22
Illegal Adoption Frustrated 1999 Feb 18
INFORMATION ABOUT ADOPTION CASES OF ASSISTED BY CASA ALIANZA 1998 Jan 1
Human Rights Office of the Archbishop of Guatemala joined the Defense of the Director of Casa Alianza 1997 Nov 5
Selling Babies, an interview with Bruce Harris 1997 Oct 9
From Guatemala, an international network of child trafficking 1997 Sep 20