www.bbc.com By Sofia Ferreira Santos
Police in Guatemala raided five regional offices of British aid agency Save the Children on Monday as part of an investigation into alleged child abuse.
Prosecutors requested information from US authorities in April about the alleged involvement of the organisation in smuggling children across the border, according to local media.
Save the Children said it was “aware of the activity” at their offices, and denied the prosecutors’ allegations.
The prosecutor in charge of the case, Rafael Curruchiche, and the country’s attorney general, Consuelo Porras, have previously been sanctioned by the United States and the European Union for attacks on democracy.
Curruchiche said the searches were being carried out in different regions of the country as part of a “transnational investigation of great importance”, in a video statement on X.
The prosecutor did not name the organisation in his statement – but a spokesman for his office confirmed to AFP news agency that the offices searched were those of Save the Children.
In a statement to the BBC, Save the Children said it was collaborating with authorities but that it has “never facilitated any transfer of children or adolescents out of Guatemala”.
“Following previous allegations against our organisation this year, no evidence of wrongdoing was found”, the organisation added.
Earlier this year, the aid group said it was “shocked and puzzled” after its main office was raided as part of the same case…
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