The Attorney General of El Salvador is currently investigating a couple for adopting a Costa Rican from a couple in the country, who offered to give it up for adoption through an advertisement published on a website.
Although the Costa Rican Public Ministry reported on the case until this October 3rd, Salvadoran authorities had reports since June 2nd.
According to the Salvadoran public prosecutor’s office, those involved are an official of the Salvadoran Foreign Ministry, Aguilar Garza, and her husband, a German man named Shulz.
Aguilar is an adviser to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, while her husband is an international consultant. This was confirmed by the Attorney General of El Salvador.
Apparently, they saw the advertisement published on the Internet where the Costa Rican couple offered the adoption. They did not hesitate and immediately got in touch with the couple.
The events go back to June of last year, when the Costa Rican woman realized she was pregnant and made a joint decision with her sentimental partner -named Cornejo- to give the child in adoption since they did not have the economic resources to raise it.
Aguilar would have come to Costa Rica to accompany the mother to medical appointments to know the sex of the baby. In addition, along with her husband, she would have paid for plane tickets, food and lodging of the Costa Rican couple provided that the child was born in San Salvador in August 2016.
Aguilar Garza and Shulz would have used false information for the Costa Rican woman to pass as wife of the German man and this is how they managed to go into a hospital to give birth.
They took the victim to a clinic in Soyapango (a suburb of San Salvador), which at our discretion, does not meet the necessary health conditions. The medical controls and even the delivery were registered to the name of Aguilar Garza,”
said Violeta Olivares, a Salvadoran prosecutor, in a report published on June 2nd.
In El Salvador, the investigation focuses on possible crimes of impersonation and alteration of family status and ideological falsity. The Salvadorian couple was released, under precautionary measures.
In Costa Rica, Cornejo, the biological father of the minor, was sent to custody for six months while being investigated for the crime of trafficking in persons with illegal adoption.
The case was uncovered by the maternal grandmother of the baby, who, after realizing what had happened, went immediately to the authorities with the desire to get custody of the child.
In Costa Rica, adoption is permitted without any restriction, as long as there is no economic reward.
Legal processes are performed through a Family Court, which determines if the adoptive family meets the characteristics for the child’s well-being.
In addition, the National Children’s Trust (PANI) collaborates during the process.