Woman sentenced to 18 years in prison for giving her daughter up for illegal adoption

20 September 2021

CHALCO, Mex., (EL UNIVERSAL) .- A woman who gave her daughter for illegal adoption was sentenced to 18 years and four years in prison by a judge from the Chalco Judicial District.

The agent of the Public Ministry of the Special Prosecutor's Office for Trafficking in Persons accredited the participation of Erika Janeth Juárez González in the crime of trafficking in persons , in the form of who, in his capacity as a person who has authority over whom the conduct is exercised, delivers in illegal adoption to a minor .

The judge also imposed fines of 575 thousand 580 pesos and 86 thousand 880 pesos to repair the damage.

According to the accusation of the Attorney General's Office of the State of Mexico, on September 13, 2020, Erika Janeth handed over to a subject her minor daughter of 2 years and seven months of age, along with a birth certificate of the little girl for the illegal adoptions.

The woman, accompanied by the victim, appeared on Calle Sur 1, in the Santa Cruz neighborhood, in the municipality of Valle de Chalco, where she handed the little girl over to an individual, who paid her 5,000 pesos.

Relatives of the victim reported his disappearance to the FGJEM, for which an Amber Alert was activated for his location.

The little girl was found days later, on September 23, by elements of the Ixtapaluca Municipal Police, when she was walking in the streets of the Lomas de Ixtapaluca neighborhood.

The Mexican prosecutor's office carried out investigations that allowed it to establish that the minor had been given up for illegal adoption by her mother , for which she was arrested and later admitted to the Huitzilzingo state prison, located in Chalco, where she will serve her sentence.

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