Los Ninos Robados – The Stolen Children
Last year the Spanish press reported an investigation of reports that thousands of children had been trafficked for adoption during the Franco regime (and beyond) facilitated by the Catholic Church, hospitals, clinics, civil servants. Parents we4re informed that their babies died shortly after birth, and in some cases bodies were presented to them. Some of the children were born out of wedlock, others were the children of political dissidents. Although the investigation centers n Madrid, trafficking appears to hae operated throughout the country. Below are selected news stories about the investigation. The real meat of the accusations can be found in the Spanish language press. These stories are easily translatable through Google or other online translation services. Those stories also contain photos of individuals who were trafficked, and and videos of protests by adoptee and parent activists.
English Language
A Good Overview of Los Ninos Robodos culture and history: The Children From the Franco Era: , Homeless, Landless...The Prisma, Dec 26, 2011
- Spain investigates tragedy of “stolen” newborn babies, BBC, March 30, 2011
- Spain’s stolen baby scandal, Global Post, Oct 3, 2011
- Familes fight to find children stolen as infants in Spain, MSNBC, Dec 17, 2011.
- Hundreds of Spanish babies “stolen” from clinics and sold for adoption, the Guardian, Jan. 27, 2011
- The Spanish babies stolen at birth, BBC Oct 15 2011 (click chapter 4)
- 300,000 babies stolen from their parents: BBC documentary exposes 50-year scandal of baby trafficking by Catholic church in Spain, Daily Mail, Oct 16, 2011
- Did a Spanish nun steal thousands of newborns? Global Mail, April 2, 2012
- Spain to set up DNA database to track “stolen babies. Inquirer News, April 11, 2012
- Stolen babies scandal hits Spain, CNN, April 25, 2012
- Spain’s four-decade baby snatching nightmare: What motivated the abductions? CBS Evening News, May 17, 2012
- SOS Babies has split, New on Babies, May 18, 2012
- Stolen babies’ graves to be opened, In the News, May 18, 2012
- The Past and Future of Spanish Catholicism, American Conservative December 30m 2018
Spanish Language
- Sor maria se niega a declarar ante el juez que investiga la causa de los “ninos robados,” El Economista, Dec 4, 2011
- Galicia investiga nueve denuncia de supuestos ninos robados y otra decenaha sido archivada, El Econonista, Mar 20, 2011
- La Policia nacional investiga mas de 80 denuncias de posibles nino robados en Malaga, El Economista, Mar 27, 2012.
- Un nuevo caso de ninos robados en un hospital de Madrid apunta sor Maria, May 5, 2012, El Diario de Leon
- El “muro de la verguenza” de los ninos robados. El Mundo, May 5, 2012
- Asociaciones de ninos robados piden responsabilidad y honestidad a lost medios de comunicacion. El Economista, May 8, 2012
- Un juez investiga otro caso de “ninos robados” en el figura sor MariaEl Economista, May 8, 2012
- Ricardo Cortes denuncia en la EU el caso de los ninos robados y anima al Gobierno espanol a que “redoble los esfuerzos” La Informacion, May 20, 2012
- Gobierno y Fascalia ponen sobre la mesa los casos de los ninos robados, Estrella Digital, May 22, 2012
- El cemetario colaborara con los ninos robados, Levante.emv.com
- El presidente de ACAL ve necesaria una mayor permisividad para que lqas familias de ninos robados ac cedan a los archivos, 20 Minutos, May 24, 2012
Bastard Nation
Los Ninos Robados: Spain’s Catholic Church accused of selling thousands into adoption, June 2, 2012
