Richard Cushworth and Mercedes Casanellas discovered that their child is not related to either of them (Picture: Matt Roper)
A British father and his wife have been reunited with their son after believing he had been sold to people traffickers.
Richard Cushworth and Mercedes Casanellas believed their son had been swapped at birth and sold on.
But after four new mothers were DNA tested in El Salvador to track down their son, it was discovered that one of them had taken the wrong baby home.
Mr Cushworth and Ms Casanellas had accused staff at the Ginecologico private hospital of taking their light-skinned baby to sell to people traffickers.
A British father and his wife have been reunited with their son after believing he had been sold to people traffickers.
Richard Cushworth and Mercedes Casanellas believed their son had been swapped at birth and sold on.
But after four new mothers were DNA tested in El Salvador to track down their son, it was discovered that one of them had taken the wrong baby home.
Mr Cushworth and Ms Casanellas had accused staff at the Ginecologico private hospital of taking their light-skinned baby to sell to people traffickers.
Ms Casanellas, pictured with their biological son after his birth
Richard’s father David Cushworth, who accompanied the couple as they collected their baby, said: ‘We’re all absolutely thrilled. This is an answer to so many prayers.
‘All the circumstantial evidence pointed to a criminal act, but the official story we are being told appears to show it was a mistake, a mix-up.
‘I can’t say for sure what really happened. We’ll have to see how it works out through the legal system before can be certain.
‘I feel for the other family. We know nothing about them, except that they only just found out today that their baby isn’t really theirs. It must have been devastating.
Richard’s father David Cushworth, who accompanied the couple as they collected their baby, said: ‘We’re all absolutely thrilled. This is an answer to so many prayers.
‘All the circumstantial evidence pointed to a criminal act, but the official story we are being told appears to show it was a mistake, a mix-up.
‘I can’t say for sure what really happened. We’ll have to see how it works out through the legal system before can be certain.
‘I feel for the other family. We know nothing about them, except that they only just found out today that their baby isn’t really theirs. It must have been devastating.
They vowed to raise the child they received if his biological parents were not found
‘At least we suspected there was something wrong. It seems like they had no idea. Or if they suspected something, they didn’t want to say.’
Speaking yesterday afternoon, Prosecutor General Luis Martinez confirmed that the babies of two couples had been mixed up and that each would be returned to their rightful parents at a special court hearing.
He added: ‘We understand the painful drama of these two families. We are talking about two children who were swapped.’
The family’s lawyer, Fernando Meneses, said that the case ‘apparently’ seemed to be an accidental mix-up of the infants and urged the hospital to review procedures to ensure it could not happen again.
‘At least we suspected there was something wrong. It seems like they had no idea. Or if they suspected something, they didn’t want to say.’
Speaking yesterday afternoon, Prosecutor General Luis Martinez confirmed that the babies of two couples had been mixed up and that each would be returned to their rightful parents at a special court hearing.
He added: ‘We understand the painful drama of these two families. We are talking about two children who were swapped.’
The family’s lawyer, Fernando Meneses, said that the case ‘apparently’ seemed to be an accidental mix-up of the infants and urged the hospital to review procedures to ensure it could not happen again.
Metro
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