Mexico City, Nov 10 (EFE) Six Mexicans were arrested for allegedly trying to exchange a two-year-old child for a plot of land, authorities said.
Four months ago Alejandra Resendiz Ramos and husband Elias Vega Hernandez, who have four children, met Jose Guadalupe Rocha and his wife, America de Alba Bravo.
Rocha had promised his sister-in-law, Elba de Alba Bravo, married but childless, to get a youngster for her.
Prosecutor Juan Garcia said Monday Alejandra and Elias offered Jose Guadalupe and America one of their kids in exchange for a plot of land in Toluca, capital of Mexico state.
On Nov 5, the biological parents of the child gave Jose Guadalupe and America the child’s birth certificate and vaccination card, and agreed to meet two days later to receive the deed to the property at a metro station in Mexico City.
Elba de Alba Bravo and her husband received the youngster in the capital from its father, and took it to Pachuca, Hidalgo, “where it was rescued” by detectives from Mexico City.
Elias Vega Hernandez, the child’s biological father, is currently being held without bail “on suspicion of the crimes of child trafficking and domestic violence”.
