Erin Siegal McIntyre

Erin Siegal McIntyre is a senior fellow at the Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism and an investigative correspondent/producer working on special projects and documentaries for Univision. She’s the author of the book Finding Fernanda: Two Mothers, One Child, and a Cross-Border Search for Truth (Beacon Press, 2012), which was honored by the Overseas Press Club of America with a Robert Spiers Benjamin Award citation for best reporting in any medium on Latin America. She’s based in Tijuana and Miami.

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Interview Americas

Rachel Nolan: In the Best Interest of the Child

By Erin Siegal McIntyre and Rachel Nolan January 16, 2024

A new book gets inside Guatemala’s international adoption industry and the complicated context of deciding a child’s welfare.

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The Limits of Jurisdiction

By Erin Siegal McIntyre December 1, 2014

For the past six years, Karen has lived in Missouri with her adoptive parents. But a Guatemalan couple are convinced the child is their kidnapped daughter, Anyelí.