Guatemalan birth mothers who used false identities when placing their babies for adoption will have to face charges, says prosecutor Jaime Tecu. His comments reference an official probe into the Casa Quivira adoption agency that is alleged to have provided birth mothers with false identities so they wouldn't have to get permission from other family members to place their babies for adoption.

"In two of the five alleged false identity cases, the birth mothers assumed the identities of babies who were stillborn two decades ago. Two other mothers stole the identities of living women whom prosecutors later located."

Hanging in the balance are the futures of the women's children, all of whom had been in the process of being adopted. In Guatemala, only single mothers can unilaterally place their babies for adoption. In cases where the biological parents are married, both must agree to the decision, as must the couple's immediate family. Read more at SunTimes.com.

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