Kim Calderon Diaz and Guanyer Mejia Fernandez

Guanyer Mejia Fernandez: Guanyer Mejia Fernandez, then 12, was her husband cousin. As Diaz, a child welfare worker with the Children Aid Society, got to know the boy more, she uncovered other stories of child abuse and neglect involving members of her husband extended family. , according to Hamilton Spectator. Although the Diazes have already obtained guardianship, Ottawa has refused to let the boys come to Canada so the adoptions can be finalized in a Canadian court. On her wedding day in the Dominican Republic, Kim Calderon Diaz saw a young boy with bruises and welts all over his body, sitting on the curb across from her husband house. Diaz, a Canadian-born citizen from Sarnia, and husband Rafael have been trying since 2009 to bring his four cousins to Canada: Guanyer, now 16; his brother Christofer, 12; Bryan Alexis Mejia Mateo, 13; and Leuris Oscar Vernavel Fernandez, 14. All four had suffered physical abuse. Christofer had suffered burns and subsequent infections; Bryan had a mouth full of abcesses. Guanyer and Leuris had never been to school. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.