A painful truth: Guatemalan adoptees learn they were fraudulently given away

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A painful truth: Guatemalan adoptees learn they were fraudulently given away
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Over 30,000 children in Guatemala were adopted internationally decades ago but some have learned they were taken away from their birth families as part of fraudulent adoption rings.

following public scrutiny and a national outcry.

"The biggest motivation I had to return to Guatemala was the memory of my mother," Tobar, 30, a father of two boys, told NBC News. In 2016, he took his case to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in Costa Rica. He declared that no one asked him whether his mother mistreated him before putting him up for international adoption.

"That day in court made me realize this was bigger than just me," Tobar said."It gave me more passion and fire to be outspoken and not be afraid of holding people accountable."the woman who facilitated his adoptionIn the case of Sifonte, she said learning the truth about her circumstances was tough for her Belgian family.

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