Mexican baby-trafficking ring operated for 20 years

An alleged baby-trafficking ring in Mexico, which sought to sell babies to 11 Irish couples, has been in operation for more than 20 years, authorities have claimed.

Blanca Barron, of Jalisco state attorney general’s office, told AFP that the operation may have been in existence for over two decades and sent children to Italy as well as Ireland.

She said that documents seized from a lawyer’s office during the investigation showed children had been “legalised” by the alleged trafficking network in cases going back as far as 1990.