Adrianna Romero Cram, 4 Foster Child Sent to Mexico Falls Through Cracks

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http://www.oregonlive.com/special/index.ssf/2009/03/adriannas_story_part_one.html
Oregon girl sent to Mexico falls through the cracks
Oregon officials place foster child Adrianna Romero Cram, 4, with relativesin Mexico, where child welfare agencies in two countries fail to protect her
March 19, 2009

The dark-haired American girl was suffering. The teachers at her preschool in the Mexican village had seen the bruises.
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But Adrianna Romero Cram, just 4 years old, a U.S. citizen shipped from Oregon foster care to relatives she'd never met in Mexico, had little to say about what was happening to her.


"Who hit you, Adriannita?" asked teacher Judith Caizero Aguilar. "Who hit you? I won't tell anybody."

The little girl had only one answer for her teacher: "I fell."

But she hadn't fallen. Adrianna was being abused.

Adrianna's torment continued for months because governments in two countries failed a little girl they were supposed to protect.
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