13 Cities in Mexico Tagged as 'Red Lights' for Human Trafficking Pedro Zamora Briseno - Proceso
go to original June 18, 2013

COLIMA, Colima - Emilio Maus Ratz, Director of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons of the National Commission of Human Rights (CNDH), called on Mexican authorities responsible for the enforcement and prosecution of justice to "get with it" in combating this crime.

... The official, who was involved in arranging the Colima State Conference Against Trafficking in Persons, said that this phenomenon is found in almost the entire national territory, and he presented a map called "Route of Trafficking Networks in Mexico" on which are located the thirteen cities with the highest incidence of trafficking in the country.

According to the document, prepared by the Center for Studies and Research in Development and Social Assistance (CEIDAS):

• Six of the cities mentioned are found along the northern border: Tijuana, Mexicali, Nogales, Ciudad Juárez, Nuevo Laredo and Matamoros;
• Two are on the Pacific Coast: Puerto Vallarta and Acapulco;
• Two are in the Southeast: Tapachula and Cancún;
• Two are in the center: Mexico and Tlaxcala; and
• One is on the Gulf of Mexico: Veracruz.

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