2024-07-30 12:01:39
A prominent judge who presided over a family court in Argentina was reportedly arrested in Spain last Wednesday, after a year on the run from justice accused of running a drug trafficking network. child.
For years, the respected judge Alejandra Claudia Velasquez, 64, allegedly took advantage of her links with social services to set in motion a network of illegal adoption, L’Indépendant reported on Friday.
In fact, the judge would have advised social workers to identify vulnerable pregnant women, in situations of poverty and “ready to abandon their children”, whose hands are then forced to sell the child to families wealthy.
According to witnesses, the judge ordered social workers several times to “go and look for scores” in the poor areas of Pilar, Argentina, promising a large reward in return, according to French media.
At the same time, the judge accused fake documents to facilitate the adoption process for wealthy couples willing to go the extra mile to avoid long adoption waiting lists.
To continue his illegal activities, Velasquez filed unauthorized absences and requests for leave, in addition to forcing court officials to impersonate him, or to change the signature dates in decisions 600 judgments, according to L’Independent.
It was finally in 2015 that he was attacked by Pilar’s rod, which led to his departure from the Argentine justice system in 2017.
He had been the subject of an international arrest warrant, before being arrested in Spain on Thursday. The 60-year-old is still in custody there while awaiting divorce papers.
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