Stolen Child Reunites with Mother

During the horrific El Salvadoran civil war, there were many incidents of the army stealing children and putting them up for adoption. Just two days ago, a 26 year old woman was reunited with her mother in Cacaopera, El Salvador. Her biological parents were forced to give her to an army official when she was just 14 months old. She was adopted by an American family in Massachussets and returned to El Salvador on a study trip after completing her master's degree in social work. Curious about her background, she contacted an organization that specialized in her type of situation, and it was able to track down her mother with the little information that was in her adoption file. This reunion was an emotional one. Read more about it athttp://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/05/world/americas/05salvador.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&ref=americas