Stolen babies allegation

SPANISH authorities are being asked to investigate allegations newborn babies were stolen from their mothers and sold to other families for decades.

This continued into the mid-1990s, according to the petition filed by ANADIR, an association of people looking for lost children or parents.

The association’s lawyer, Enrique Vila, says he expects an answer from Conde-Pumpido within a month as to whether he will order a probe.

ANADIR’s 41-year-old president, Antonio Barroso, said he was sold at birth to another family for 200,000 pesetas — about €1,200 in today’s money.