Forty-six children believed abducted or forced from their parents have been rescued from an adoption home that is run by an American man and his Guatemalan wife.
A Guatemalan National Police spokesman said the children, ranging in age from a few days to three years old, were found on Saturday at the Casa Quivira children's home in Antigua, a colonial city popular among foreign tourists near Guatemala City.
"We searched the house after we got a tip from neighbours telling us that every day they would see foreigners pick up children there," the spokesman said.
He said the home is run by American Clifford Phillips and his Guatemalan wife and attorney, Sandra Gonzalez. He said Phillips was believed to be out of the country and would fly to Guatemala today.
The spokesman did not say whether Mr Phillips would face possible legal action, and Ms Gonzalez's whereabouts were not clear.
Authorities also said they arrested two lawyers who apparently processed the adoptions.
US parents adopted more than 4,000 babies from the country last year, second only to China - but the State Department said in March it no longer recommends adopting from Guatemala because women are frequently pressured to sell their babies and adoptive parents are often targeted by extortionists.
