An adoption that figured into the dismissal of two Carthage teachers has been overturned by the Missouri Court of Appeals. A decision handed down Wednesday reverses Jasper County Circuit Court rulings that allowed a Guatemalan childs adoption and terminated the parental rights of the mother who had been jailed on immigration charges.
GUATEMALA CITY For a 17-day period that ended last month, Guatemala seemed to be falling under the direct control of suspected mobsters. A lawyer leading a posse of unsavory characters became the attorney general and started dismantling the state's legal apparatus.
