MADRID (SPAIN)
El Pais
June 26, 2018
By Natalia Junquera
An 85-year-old doctor who allegedly headed the decades-long scheme denies any recollection of events
“I don’t know. I do not recall.” These were the answers provided on Tuesday by Eduardo Vela, a Spanish doctor who is on trial in a baby trafficking scheme that allegedly went on between 1961 and 1981 at the Madrid clinic that he headed.
Around 1,500 cases of suspected stolen babies have been reported in Spain as part of a scheme that is thought to have spanned decades. Most have been shelved due to the time that has elapsed since the incidents in question.
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