CICIG’s December 2010 Adoption Report (English, Spanish)
Click to read the English translation of the CICIG’s December 2010 report. Click here to read the original Spanish version of CICIG’s December 2010 report.
View ArticleCCI Records, Released by DCF January 29, 2009
The Florida Department of Children and Families released this set of documents to me on January 29, 2009, in response to a public records request (also known as a FOIA, or Freedom of Information Act)...
View ArticleCCI Records, Released by DCF May 10, 2010
This set of documents was released to me on May 10, 2010 by the Florida Department of Children and Families, in response to a public records request (also known as a FOIA, or Freedom of Information...
View ArticleCCI Records, Released by DCF May 25, 2010
DOWNLOADABLE DOCUMENTS: COMPLAINT FILES Documented Complaints, Celebrate Children International, 2004 (3 pages) Documented Complaints, Celebrate Children International, 2005 (3 pages) Documented...
View ArticleCCI Records, Released by DCF Jan-March 2010
These records were released to me, batch by batch, between January 29, 2010 and March 5, 2010 DOWNLOADABLE DOCUMENTS Celebrate Children International, “Sue Emails,” Part One Celebrate Children...
View ArticleCCI Records, Released September 2, 2010 by DCF
On February 2, 2010, I filed another Freedom of Information Act Request with the Florida Department of Children and Families, asking for the licensing file on Celebrate Children International. On...
View ArticleCCI Records, Released by DCF June 15, 2010
Here’s another batch of emails, burned onto a CD and snail-mailed to me by the Florida Department of Children and Families on June 15, 2010. There are also documents related to two more investigations...
View ArticleCCI Records, Released by DCF August 2, 2010
Here’s a set of emails from Celebrate Children International assistant director Angela Vance. DOWNLOADABLE DOCUMENTS CCI Records, Angela Vance emails (125 pages)
View ArticleOpen letter from Fundación Sobrevivientes to Senator Mary Landrieu
Today, I received a copy of an open letter to Senator Landrieu, written by Norma Cruz of Fundación Sobrevivientes. The first part of the letter deals with the ongoing investigation into the three girls...
View ArticleDocuments: Adoption Blessings Worldwide
Excerpt from documents released by Florida Department of Children and Families Two adoption agencies are in my book “Finding Fernanda:” both Celebrate Children International (based in Florida) and the...
View ArticleDocuments: Adoption Blessings Worldwide, part two
Here’s another three bundles of documents about the now-defunct adoption agency Adoption Blessings Worldwide. The redacted data was provided to me by the Florida Department of Children and Families,...
View ArticleDocuments: Adoption Blessings Worldwide, part three
Here’s a third set of documents from Florida Department of Children and Families, related to Adoption Blessings Worldwide. Adoption Blessings Worldwide, part seven (.pdf, 93 pages) Adoption Blessings...
View Article6/29/11: Downloadable agency documents, “Adoption Blessings Worldwide” (part...
Here’s the last set of documents from the Florida Department of Children and Families, related to Adoption Blessings Worldwide. Excerpt from documents Adoption Blessings Worldwide, part ten (.pdf, 113...
View ArticleMore surprises in latest batch of Celebrate Children International documents
Today, the Florida Department of Children and Families provided a 323-page .pdf of documents to me, containing the latest licensing information on the adoption agency Celebrate Children International....
View ArticleUnder Threat of Lawsuit, Celebrate Children International becomes “Celebrate...
Another surprise in the latest batch of public records from the Florida Department of Children and Families: Celebrate Children International, Incorporated has shortened their name to “Celebrate...
View Article8/3/11 DOCUMENTS: Court Ruling in “Karen Abigail” Case
SOURCE: Press release, August 2, 2011, emailed to Erin Siegal from Fundación Sobrevivientes
View Article8/4/11: DNA Test Matches Adopted Child “Karen Abigail” and Guatemalan Birth...
After skimming through some of the comments on the AP article about the “Karen Abigail” situation, I know that there’s been a lot of questions pertaining to whether or not a DNA test has been done...
View Article8/5/11: Full Court Order on Return of “Karen Abigail”
DOCUMENTS: Full 7/29/2011 court orders from Judge Angelica Noemi Tellez Hernández in Guatemala, ordering “Karen Abigail” returned to her birthmother (19 page .pdf). Provided courtesy Fundación...
View Article8/23/11: Organized Crime Unit of Ministerio Public Tracked Migration Records...
Official orders, date July 10, 2009, from Guatemalan prosecutor Oscar Rivas from the Human Trafficking section of the Ministerio Público’s Organized Crime Unit, asking the country’s Dirección General...
View Article8/29/11: Department of State Notice Regarding Temporary Suspension of Hague...
Yesterday, the Department of State posted a notice related to Ecuadorian adoptions. They said that one adoption agency, Joshua Tree Adoptions, Inc., has been temporarily suspended by the Council on...
View Article9/27/2011: US State Department Notice on CNA Processing Framework for U.S....
Today, the US Department of State released a new notice related to adoptions from Guatemala. This is sort of old news– you can read my post here from last month about this CNA resolution. Here’s what...
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