Mexico Rescues 458 Children From Squalid Refuge Amid Abuse Fears.

[elleng]

Source: nyt/reuters

Mexico said on Tuesday it had rescued 458 children from a vermin-infested refuge for abandoned boys and girls, some of whom it believes to have been sexually abused.

The attorney general's office said authorities raided a home known as "La Gran Familia" (The Big Family) in the western city of Zamora, following at least 50 complaints about its operators.

The refuge was run by Rosa Verduzco, who is now being questioned by authorities, government officials told a news conference.

The refuge was home to 278 boys, 174 girls and six infants ranging up to the age of three, besides 138 adults aged up to 40, the government said.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2014/07/15/world/americas/15reuters-mexico-abuse.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=WireFeed&module=pocket-region&region=pocket-region&WT.nav=pocket-region

[burrowowl]

1. K&R!

[Skittles]

2. ...

there is so much evil in this world

[Uncle Joe]

3. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, elleng.

[herding cats]

4. My first reaction is a lot of expletives which aren't nice.

After that, I'm just going to be glad they're removed from this situation, and I think I'll maybe now cry for a bit.

[ReRe]

5. Disgusting

Devils are running loose on both sides of our southern border & they're feeding upon the innocents.

[delrem]

6. Did Mexico send the rescued kids on outward bound planes,

to satisfy politicians hoping to satisfy a virulent public?