The Guatemalan Prosecutor’s Office raided the offices of the international NGO Save the Children this Thursday as part of an investigation into alleged abuses against migrant minors, in which according to authorities prosecutors from Texas (United States) also participate.
Prosecutor Rafael Curruchiche, sanctioned by Washington for considering him “corrupt” and undemocratic, announced the raid of an international NGO – which he did not identify – in “follow-up to a transnational investigation.” It is an operation “of great significance, since it covers actions that could be related to violations and abuses against Guatemalan children,” Curruchiche said in a video on the Public Ministry’s account on the social network It was motivated by a complaint – the origin of which was not revealed – and confirmed that “support” was requested from the Texas Prosecutor’s Office “to comprehensively address this investigation.”
For its part, the organization Save the Children declared itself shocked and disconcerted by the raid on its headquarters in Guatemala without having received “a specific accusation” and defended its work of almost 50 years in the country to protect children “from any abuse.” of their rights.
In a “statement” published in response to the action carried out by order of the Public Ministry (Prosecutor’s Office), whose leadership is sanctioned in the United States for accusations of corruption, Save the Children stressed: “we do not facilitate – and we have never done so – the transfer of boys, girls or adolescents out of Guatemala.
The international organization based in the United Kingdom added: our decades of work in favor of Guatemalan children speak of our commitment and responsibility to the children, adolescents and families with whom we work, always guaranteeing the protection of our beneficiaries. ».
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