A California couple have been 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.
Silvia Zhang and Guojun Xuan
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Of the 21 total children, 17 were under the age of three. {snip}
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 thei 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.
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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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