Article: Prosecutor: Tijuana child-trafficking ring bought children, sent them to United States

ARTURO SALINAS, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
11-26-2005
Dateline: TIJUANA, Mexico
A state prosecutor said several people arrested for offering to buy a child in Tijuana have reportedly confessed to stealing children _ or buying them, some from their own parents _ and sending at least four to the United States.

At least one child was allegedly handed over to the group by her own mother, apparently in exchange for about US$1,000 (euro850). She and three other children were sent _ apparently in exchange for even more money _ to "adoptive" families in New York, Florida and Virginia.

Authorities in the United States have been notified about the children, said Baja California assistant ...

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