The ‘stolen babies’ trial in Spain finally shines a light on a scandal that cannot be forgotten

It is June 6, 1969, and Spain is living through the final years of Franco’s dictatorship. At a clinic in Madrid, a woman gives birth to a baby girl she will never see again, writes Federico López-Terra.

The ‘stolen babies’ trial in Spain finally shines a light on a scandal that cannot be forgotten

It is June 6, 1969, and Spain is living through the final years of Franco’s dictatorship. At a clinic in Madrid, a woman gives birth to a baby girl she will never see again, writes Federico López-Terra.

Little is known about what happened to that mother – but almost 50 years later, her daughter Inés Madrigal has just given evidence in a shocking trial.

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