This is horrific.
Officials say that the U.S. Marshals Service El Paso, the U.S. Department of State’s Diplomatic Security Service, FBI, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and Fiscalia Especializada en la Mujer (the Special Prosecutor’s Office for Women) all participated in capturing Martha Alicia Mendez Aguilar.
The spokesperson says that Mendez led a network that would lure pregnant women to remote locations, perform illegal cesarean procedures, harvest organs from the mothers' bodies, then sell the newborns to U.S. couples for up to 250,000 pesos, or $13,523 U.S. dollars.
KVIA News 7
Baby trafficking ringleader’ known as ‘La Diabla’ accused of killing pregnant women, selling their babies to U.S. couples
Latin Times Article
Officials say that the U.S. Marshals Service El Paso, the U.S. Department of State’s Diplomatic Security Service, FBI, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and Fiscalia Especializada en la Mujer (the Special Prosecutor’s Office for Women) all participated in capturing Martha Alicia Mendez Aguilar.
The spokesperson says that Mendez led a network that would lure pregnant women to remote locations, perform illegal cesarean procedures, harvest organs from the mothers' bodies, then sell the newborns to U.S. couples for up to 250,000 pesos, or $13,523 U.S. dollars.
KVIA News 7
Baby trafficking ringleader’ known as ‘La Diabla’ accused of killing pregnant women, selling their babies to U.S. couples
Latin Times Article
