Posted on 07/18/2025 5:07:32 AM PDT by Morgana
A California couple have been arrested after they were accused of running a suspected baby surrogate-fueled human trafficking ring that involved at least 21 children.
Guojun Xuan, 65, and Silvia Zhang, 38, were arrested in May for felony child endangerment after cops descended on their $4.1 million home in Arcadia, initially responding to reports of a two-month-old suffering a traumatic head injury.
Inside, they found 15 children between the ages of two months and 13. Another six children had also been moved to other homes.
Of the 21 total children, 17 were under the age of three. All of the surrogate-born children were taken into the custody of Department of Children and Family Services.
Xuan and Zhang were charged child endangerment and neglect related to the infant found with a head injury, and later released. They have not been charged over their alleged surrogacy scheme.
Cops also issued an arrest warrant for their nanny Chunmei Li, 56, alleging that security cameras inside the home revealed Li was 'verbally and physically' abusing the children.
Although having dozens of children through surrogates is not illegal, officials said they are investigating the startling find inside the home.
Kallie Fell, executive director of the nonprofit Center of Bioethics and Culture, told ABC7 that while the couple may not have broken the law by having so many surrogate children, the situation 'smells of trafficking'.
It is unclear what the couple do for work, with public records showing they are connected to a number of investment firms.
Arcadia police Lt Kollin Cieadlo said that the couple 'took legal guardianship of those kids' after they were born through surrogates, before Li allegedly abused the children as their nanny.
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Chinese-government-funded homegrown spy farm/anchor baby factory?
Sounds like it.
Sounds horrible!
Are they U.S. citizens? This Guy: Doubting it.
I think they are just making babies and selling them to parents who want to adopt.
“Just”?
Fair point. Not meaning to minimize it.
But “just” as opposed to a motive more malign than a profit motive.
I thought that was probably what you meant. It is monstrous.
Curious whether any monies are being received via the state welfare system.
Legal and natural, like nuclear weapons.
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