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Danielle Dithurbide en Fórmula I Jueves 09 de Abril 2026

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In Mexico, over 33,000 children live in institutions, but only a tiny fraction find families through adoption each year.

1. Danielle Dithurbide en Fórmula on April 9, 2026 — Mexico's National Adoption Day — covers the adoption process, a Long Island serial killer guilty plea, and other news. 2. Host Danielle Dithurbide is joined by co-host Vivi, later by Jimena Millán, with guests Fabiola Rodríguez (Adoptaris director) and adoptive-process couple Marisol Rodríguez and Eric Campos. 3. The episode's adoption segment asks why Mexico, with 33,000 children in care centers, produces fewer than 230 completed adoptions per year — and what the actual barriers are. 4. According to data cited by Dithurbide, between 2014 and 2023 only 2,076 children were adopted nationally, and 2024 saw only 228 completed adoptions, a 5.1% increase over 2023. 5. Fabiola Rodríguez explains that not all 33,000 children in care centers are legally available for adoption — many are awaiting lengthy judicial processes to terminate parental rights, which is why babies and infants are rarely available. 6. She identifies the leading cause of adoption failure as applicants who treat the DIF process as a document-collection exercise rather than a readiness evaluation, arriving without psychological preparation for parenting a child with a trauma history. 7. The formal pathway consists of: DIF document bundle, social work and psychology evaluation, certificado de idoneidad, graduated contact visits inside then outside the care center, preadoptive cohabitation, and a judicial adoption proceeding. 8. Fabiola notes that no minimum income threshold exists but that mental health stability is required, and that applicants with unresolved grief, anxiety, or depression frequently see their process delayed. 9. She confirms same-sex couples can adopt in Mexico, but only in states where same-sex marriage is legalized, since adoption eligibility follows civil marriage law. 10. Marisol Rodríguez and Eric Campos describe meeting as roommates in Guadalajara during the pandemic, marrying five years ago, and deciding to pursue adoption after a pregnancy loss in 2025. 11. They submitted their application after two years of preparation with Adoptaris, had it accepted on first submission (described as uncommon), and are now waiting for DIF to call them for the mandatory parents' workshop. 12. Marisol describes the emotional weight of discovering at age 45 that she is not eligible for children under 4 years old, as the DIF matches children to families based on the cycle-of-life compatibility between parent age and child age. 13. She frames the wait as a process of continuing self-examination and therapy while bureaucratic steps take their course, emphasizing that 'you're not finding a child for your family, you're finding a family for a child.' 14. The episode's second segment covers Rex Heuermann, a Long Island architect who pleaded guilty to seven murders of women in New York, with victims aged 20 to 34 and all working as sex workers. 15. Investigations began in 2010 when the search for missing sex worker Shannon Gilbert led police to find ten bodies on the south shore of Long Island, all strangled and wrapped in burlap sacks in a consistent pattern. 16. A Chevrolet Avalanche seen near victim Amber Costello's last known location was identified by a witness in 2010, but police did not link the truck to Heuermann until 2023. 17. Heuermann's DNA was obtained from pizza box remains found in his household trash; investigators subsequently found pornographic violent material and handwritten manuals in his basement describing how to commit murders. 18. Jimena Millán reads the names of the eight victims on record: Melissa Bartlemy (24), Megan Waterman (22), Amber Costello (27), Maureen Brainerd Barnes (25), Jessica Taylor (20), Valerie Mack (24), Sandra Costilla (28), and Karen Bergata (34). 19. The episode includes a trivia segment noting April 9 is International ASMR Day, with co-host Vivi describing herself as a consumer of tapping and surface-scratch ASMR videos, while travel contributor Marco Daniel Guzmán recommends Izamal, Yucatán — a Pueblo Mágico painted in yellow ochre with the second-largest church atrium in the world after the Vatican. 20. Listeners interested in Mexican family policy, true crime, or practical travel in Mexico will find the episode useful; its wide topic range means no single subject receives extended treatment.

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