El Salvador’s sex traffickers
When Milagros told her godmother about a job offer in a casino in El Salvador, Rafaela was immediately suspicious.
Attracted by El Salvador’s dollar economy, she thought she would be able to save money.
But Milagros had been duped.
San Salvador is a noisy, busy city overlooked by a spectacular volcano. The streets are crowded with bars, in many sex is for sale.
Bars, where sex is for sale, line many of the streets of San Salvador
I accompanied Sgt Jose Noe Ayala on a drive around the city to see the places where police have discovered trafficked women and children.
In one of the upmarket areas of the city, he pointed out a non-descript building, this was where Milagros was held.
“We rescued four girls that day,” he tells me.
“Three were teenagers under the age of 18, all Salvadorians. And then there was Milagros, from Nicaragua.”
[via BBC News]
