Mexico Arrests Four in Sex Trafficking Ring: esterday, the Mexican Attorney General’s Office (PGR) publicized the arrest of four individuals who stand accused of running a sex trafficking venture for the past decade. According to PGR deputy Jose Cuitlahuac Salinas, the network was run by members of a family based in the central, poverty-stricken state of Tlaxcala, where they lured girls aged 15 to 18 under false romantic pretenses and eventually smuggled them into the US. Once there, the girls were coerced into working as prostitutes in New York.
Cuitlahuac told local press that the investigation into the case began in January 2011, in response to concerns raised by the US Embassy in Mexico. While the full extent of the network is unknown, it is believed that at least seven other members are based in the US.
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The arrests are an encouraging sign of Mexico taking action against the illegal sex trade, where the number of human trafficking investigations, prosecutions, and convinctions remain low. A 2011 report by Mexico City's Human Rights Commission (CDHDF) estimated that 10,000 women were victims of human trafficking in the capital city alone, but documented only 40 official investigations into the crime, with a mere three convictions there in 2010.
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