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    A team of forensic geneticists who examined the graves of newborns allegedly stolen in Spain during the Franco regime has published its findings for the first time in a scientific journal. The five researchers, from the National Institute of Toxicology and Forensic Sciences (INTCF), underscored that their data challenges โ€œthe widespread narrative of systematic theftโ€ in hospitals and rejects โ€œthe conjecture, by now a hoax, about 300,000 cases of stolen babies in Spain.โ€ Seguir leyendo
     

In Spain, forensic experts find no trace of alleged baby theft

11 April 2026 at 04:00
An exhumation at Alicante cemetery for an investigation into alleged stolen babies, in January 2012.

A team of forensic geneticists who examined the graves of newborns allegedly stolen in Spain during the Franco regime has published its findings for the first time in a scientific journal. The five researchers, from the National Institute of Toxicology and Forensic Sciences (INTCF), underscored that their data challenges โ€œthe widespread narrative of systematic theftโ€ in hospitals and rejects โ€œthe conjecture, by now a hoax, about 300,000 cases of stolen babies in Spain.โ€

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Geneticist Antonio Alonso, former director of the National Institute of Toxicology and Forensic Sciences, in Madrid, on February 2.Lawyer Enrique Vila (right), with Antonio Barroso, co-founder of the National Association of Victims of Irregular Adoptions, in January 2011.An exhumation at Alicante cemetery for an investigation into alleged stolen babies, in January 2012.Geneticist Manuel Crespillo, at the headquarters of the National Institute of Toxicology and Forensic Sciences in Barcelona, โ€‹โ€‹on February 2.
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