GUATEMALA CITY, Feb 17, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - UN experts on Monday called for an investigation into Guatemala's Attorney General Maria Consuelo Porras for possible involvement in illegal adoptions of Indigenous children in the 1980s, during the country's civil war. The allegation came in a statement released in Geneva on Monday, the same day that Porras, whose term as attorney general ends in May, failed in her bid to be elected to Guatemala's Constitutional Court. The UN experts said they had received information about "at least 80 Indigenous children who were subjected to illegal international adoptions" after "their capture and forced disappearance between 1968 and 1996." The experts called for independent investigations into the allegations that public officials, including Porras, were allegedly involved in the adoptions. The attorney general has also been accused by the government and NGOs of protecting criminals, which she denies.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha February 17, 2026 03:20 UTC