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3 Separated Children Were Sexually Abused At Shelters, El Salvador Says

The minors are aged 12 to 17 and were abused by workers at facilities in Arizona, authorities said. The announcement is the latest in a series of abuse allegations.

Editor's Note: This story contains a brief description of sexual abuse.

Three children from El Salvador were sexually abused at shelters in Arizona after they were separated from their families, Salvadoran officials said Thursday.

"They are sexual violations, sexual abuses, that is what this is about," Liduvina Magarin, a deputy foreign relations minister, told journalists, according to.

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