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The governments of Colombia and Mexico are working together to Find nine Colombian women who were kidnapped by a human trafficking ring allegedly linked to a drug gang
The governments of Colombia and Mexico are working together to Find nine Colombian women who were kidnapped by a human trafficking ring allegedly linked to a drug gang in Villahermosa, Tabasco, and who missing.
Colombian Interior Minister Luis Fernando Velasco assured that through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Colombian Embassy they are already “engaging” with the government and the prosecutor’s office “to find out the whereabouts of 9 compatriots who went missing in the area.” “from Villahermosa.”
“We appreciate the cooperation of the Mexican authorities and hope that these women will be found quickly so they can return to their home,” the minister said in a post on his X (formerly Twitter) account.
According to journalist Ciro Gomez, nine women have disappeared since January 5 last year, when they were taken to a private party and sexually exploited as “escorts” by a man named Saulo David Sánchez Zetina, “El Jaguar”, who allegedly heads a women trafficking network. associated with the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG).
The complaint, according to Gomez, was filed by another group of colleagues also working in these parties, who assured that the missing persons belonged to the group 50 and 70 women who were brought to Mexico from Colombia by this trafficking network.
The network, which also includes Colombian members, recruits women in Colombia and takes them to Mexico, where they are told they owe 120,000 pesos and have their passports taken away. forcing them to work as “chaperones” at private events.
Colombia’s Consul General in Mexico, Andres Hernandez, assured that he had already notified the office in Cancun so that “search protocols with the authorities” of the states in southeastern Mexico would be activated in the event of their transfer to another neighboring territorial entity. .
“Our consulate in Cancun is already working on this case together with the Tabasco authorities,” he commented.
“Initially (they seek) to find out their whereabouts and rescue them, and then restore them to their rights, since they are not only victims of kidnapping, but also of human trafficking and sexual exploitation,” the consul listed as steps.
The Colombian government has set up a toll-free telephone line (01 8000 52 2020 throughout the country or +57 (1) 6001035 from outside the country) which you can call if you want to check out an overly attractive job offer to help a victim of human trafficking, about recommendations before and after travel or about possible cases of human trafficking. (EFE)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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