Ehumation in Rincón de la Victoria

At around 22:00 on November 8th 1979, a woman from Rincón de la Victoria gave birth to a baby at the Carlos Haya hospital in Málaga. At around 03:30, the mother and her husband were informed that the baby had died.

Stolen babies cases

In his annual report, the Ombudsman has revealed that there are currently 1,414 open cases in the courts relating to the theft of babies during the Franco regime and up to the early 1990s.

Exhumations in Jerez relating to ‘stolen babies’

The first exhumation has taken place in Jerez de la Frontera to determine through DNA analysis whether the remains in the grave match those of a baby who reportedly died after three days back in 1982.

Exhumation in ‘stolen baby’ case

An exhumation will take place at the San Gabriel cemetery in Málaga at 11:30 on Friday as part of an investigation into babies allegedly stolen during and after the Franco regime.

Demand for investigation into ‘stolen babies’

More than two hundred people turned up on Thursday at the State Attorney General’s Office to request the opening of a criminal investigation into the so-called ‘stolen babies’, denouncing the existence of some 300,000 such cases in Spain.