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A NUMBER OF Irish men and women are being questioned by Mexican authorities in relation to an apparent child-trafficking ring.
Four Mexican women are being held by police who believe they were trying to provide babies to Irish couples who thought they were legitimately adopting them.
The group of eleven Irish couples are currently answering police questions in the western city of Guadalajara.
A spokesperson for the Department of Foreign Affairs told TheJournal.ie that the Irish embassy in Mexico is aware of the reports and is in contact with a representative from the group, as well as the group’s lawyer.
The Embassy has requested details surrounding the circumstances of this case from Mexican authorities.”
A Jalisco state prosecutor told reporters that a 21-year-old woman was arrested after her relative discovered she was “renting out” one of her children.
The woman said she was paid to give her child to a group of three women who needed baby pictures for advertising purposes. She claims she thought the practice was legitimate.
However, investigators discovered the three women were taking the child – along with several others – to a hotel where the Irish couples were staying. The babies have been taken into State care.
Investigators are now trying to figure out if both the Mexican mothers and Irish couples were tricked.
Earlier this week, the Adoption Authority of Ireland advised prospective adoptive parents not to enter into any private arrangements with individuals or agencies in order to adopt in Mexico.
-Additional reporting by AP
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Treating it as a health matter, not a criminal one, is the only way forward.
@Joe Phillips: WARNING THIS COMMENT SECTION IS UNDER SURVEILLANCE!!! ALL ANTI WAR-ON- DRUGS AND GENERAL BACON RELATED CONTENT WILL BE DELETED!!! LEGALISATION IS THE SOLUTION!!!
Seriously, grow up. Treating all drugs as though they are heroin has us where we are today: people buying cannabis from dodgy dealers in dangerous narcotics.
Cannabis is generally less harmful than alcohol. Allow it to be bought in main street shops and keep educated and wiser youth away from the sellers of deathly poisons….
@Kieran Magennis: very true. The argument that drugs must be pursued relentlessly because they are a health concern is a circular argument as most of the health issues are associated with the fact that drugs are illegal. Does anyone seriously believe that nearly one person a day would be dying from drug poisoning if drugs were legal. It is the fact they are illegal that creates by far the biggest threat to those that consume them. Make alcohol illegal and how many people would be going blind and dying from poisoning. Not a single country in the world regardless of harsh sanctions has eradicated drug use. This should be an indicator as to the total failure of the current policy. Time for change.
Why is it a criminal offense to alter your state of mind in the first place?
I mean when someone cheats on their spouse this creates tremendous psychological trauma for the whole family especially the kids – totally legal, no one makes a fuss.
Someone drops some acid with some friends while watching a sunrise – lock him up and throw away the keys.
I think there is something fundamentally wrong with the way our society thinks.
@Termaz Fx: Well said
@Termaz Fx: spot on. We have a societal fear of people getting off their heads on anything other than alcohol.
That is where a lot of the hysteria surrounding drugs and drug policy comes from.
@john doe: Stupid parallel…we know what’s in the Alcohol , we often dont know whats in the stuff we buy from some random street dealer- all kinds of mind & body destroying muck. Oh, AND many of us in society DO CARE when someone- usually a young person- ” is off his/her head” for whatever reason.
@Margate: no Margate you misunderstand.
The harms of the unknown substances are one thing (which would be minimised by legalisation) What myself and the poster above are discussing is the commonly held viewpoint that being high is somehow morally wrong.
If it is not bad for your health when done correctly, such as with a lot of psychedelic drugs, there is nothing actually bad or immoral about getting extremely high. But society in general seems to judge it as wrong…
For example, there are lots of activities which are considerably more harmful to the ones doing them and public in general than most illegal drugs, like motor racing or rock climbing, but because the practitioner does not get high from it nobody judges it as morally wrong.
@Termaz Fx: You hit the nail on the head.
Decriminalisation will never happen here, too many TD’s stuck in the 1950’s, but sure it’s grand to drink yourself into oblivion as don’t I have s couple of pubs me self.
@Brian Smith: the lads in kerry should be allowed drink and drive too. They all want to
@Brian Smith: Too many TDs are publicans. Drug use probably cuts into their margins. They’re also clueless old men largely playing to the people who go out and vote (old people)
Complete BS from our Garda again. Fake numbers from a bunch of fakes.
To really reduce the harms from drugs we need to go past decriminalisation to heavy regulation/ legalisation. This coupled with sensible education is the safest way to deal with all drugs consumed recreationally.
@john doe: hence it won’t happen here til all the FFG voters die off
Why was my comment about saying fook all to the cops bar giving your name and address until your brief arrives deleted ? That’s advise ANY solicitor in the country would give…
@John Ryan: ridiculous that that was taken down
@John Ryan: mine too… i smell bacon.
First they were deleting far right comments. Everyone was happy because they weren’t far right.
Then they started deleting comments concerned about un-vetted immigration. Everyone was happy because they didn’t want to be called racists.
Now they started deleting comments with genuine legal advise with zero hate speech.
History is doomed to repeat itself.
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