Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification. Prostitutes wait for clients in the Merced neighborhood in Mexico City. The pimps of the town of Tenancingo have sent hundreds of unsuspecting Mexican women into virtual bondage to work as prostitutes in the allies near Mexico City's La Merced marketplace or as far as Queens, NY.
Tenancingo, Mexico, widely considered the sex trafficking capital of the world, is the single largest source of sex slaves sent to the US, according to the US State Department.
Before they are trafficked to the US, women and girls as young as 14 are routinely kidnapped from villages surrounding Tenancingo by men who trick, threaten, and even seduce them into working for the illicit sex trade. These grand homes actually aid pimps in recruiting prostitutes, who are usually from rural villages where such grandeur does not exist, according to the BBC.
Tenancingo pimps are masters of manipulation — trafficking clans which are really just informal organizations led by families send their most handsome men, often called "romeos," to pick up young women at bus stops or in parks.
They pretend to be wealthy salesmen and seduce the women into following them. One woman told the NY Daily News that she was held captive for two months by her "boyfriend" in Tenancingo after going there to "meet his family. One Mexican woman, Miranda, tells Fusion that she was forced into prostitution at 14 after accepting a ride home from a "friendly" man named "Rudolfo" who she met in the park. He took her to his home in Tenancingo where he beat and raped her. A feeling of helplessness is instilled in victims to prevent them from trying to escape.
