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| 'Abused children' rescued in Mexico | 'Abused children' rescued in Mexico |
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| Mexico police have rescued more than 450 children they believe were abused at an orphanage in Zamora in the state of Michoacan. | |
| They were allegedly subject to sexual abuse and forced to beg on the streets. | They were allegedly subject to sexual abuse and forced to beg on the streets. |
| The owner and eight employees at the House of the Big Family children's home have been arrested. | The owner and eight employees at the House of the Big Family children's home have been arrested. |
| Correspondents say it is one of Mexico's worst incidents of alleged child abuse at a children's institution in many years. | Correspondents say it is one of Mexico's worst incidents of alleged child abuse at a children's institution in many years. |
| 'Utter dismay' | |
| The government said the refuge was home to 278 boys, 174 girls and six infants under the age of three. | |
| Also rescued were 138 adults aged up to 40, the government said. | |
| Reports say the residents were forced to live in terrible conditions. | |
| "I'm in utter dismay because we weren't expecting the conditions we found at the group home," local governor Salvador Jara said. |