Irish couples caught up in Mexico adoption scam

THE Department of Foreign Affairs has confirmed it is in contact with a number of Irish couples caught up in an alleged adoption scam in Mexico.

Eleven couples are believed to be among those being questioned by police in Guadalajara after reports that local women had sold babies for placement through private adoption agencies.

Private adoptions of babies to other countries were legal up to last year, but Mexico introduced tight restrictions on the practice in recent months.