Seville (EFE).- The Police have arrested four people in Seville for their alleged participation in the sale of a newborn baby and whom they accuse of the crimes of illegal trafficking or sale of a child and document falsification, as reported by the body police in a note.
A few days ago, social affairs at the Virgen del Rocío Maternal and Child Hospital informed the National Police of the admission of a woman in labor who had presented documentation that apparently belonged to another person.
The four detainees had planned that once this woman gave birth to her baby, she would give it to a couple who could not have children in exchange for a high economic consideration.
Initially, these four people intended to carry out surrogate motherhood treatment, where couples who cannot have children hire a woman to gestate their baby and then deliver it to them in exchange for financial compensation, a type of maternity that It is illegal in Spain.
After various procedures, the researchers learned that the case was treated by the health personnel as a “poorly controlled pregnancy”, since there were no previous follow-ups or tests.
In the woman’s medical history there were records of having requested an ‘in vitro’ fertilization treatment because she was unable to have children, facts that were relevant to presuming that she was posing as another person.
After the events, the Seville Juvenile Prosecutor’s Office decreed that the newborn be handed over to the Association for the Protection of Minors of the Junta de Andalucía.
A cousin of the mother was the one who wanted to buy a baby in Seville
The four arrested in Seville for their alleged participation in the sale of a newborn, including the baby’s mother and her cousin, who is the woman who wanted to buy her, have been released with charges after testifying before the judge, according to sources close to the investigation have informed EFE.
The two women arrested are of Romanian nationality and refused to testify before the Police, although they have done so before the judge.
The Police accuse the four detainees of the crimes of illegal trafficking or sale of a child and documentary falsification.
As reported by the Police this Thursday, a few days ago, the Virgen del Rocío Maternal and Child Hospital reported the admission of a woman in labor who had presented documentation that apparently belonged to another person.
They wanted surrogate motherhood, an illegal practice in Spain
Initially, these four people sought surrogate motherhood, in which couples who cannot have children hire a woman to carry their baby and then deliver it to them in exchange for financial compensation, a type of maternity that does not It is legal in Spain.
After various procedures, the researchers learned that the case was treated by the health personnel as a “poorly controlled pregnancy”, since there were no previous follow-ups or tests.
In the woman’s medical history there were records of having requested an ‘in vitro’ fertilization treatment because she was unable to have children, facts that were relevant to presuming that she was posing as another person.