Three doctors, a nurse and a receptionist at a private hospital in Mexico City have been arrested for allegedly selling newborn babies to childless women. The mothers were told that their children had died and had been cremated. The scheme was uncovered when a young mother who had had a caesarean, Vanesa Edith Castillo, received a tip-off that her "deceased" child was alive and had been sold to a Mexican couple. This child was not hers, but the trail eventually led to her own daughter, who had been sold for 15,000 pesos (US$1,140). Police do not know how many babies have been sold. The suspects face charges of trafficking in minors, organised crime and falsifying documents. ~ Latin American Herald Tribune, Nov 13; Independent, Nov 5