Authorities Rescue 38 Central American Migrants in Chiapas EFE
go to original August 7, 2013

Authorities rescued 38 Central American migrants who were being sexually exploited in the southeastern Mexican state of Chiapas. (EFE)

SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS, Mexico - Authorities rescued 38 Central American migrants who were being sexually exploited in the southeastern Mexican state of Chiapas, the National Migration Institute, or INM, said.

The migrants - 36 women and two men - are from Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Nicaragua, the INM said in a statement.

Authorities staged operations targeting six bars in the city of Tapachula and four in Benemerito de Las Americas, arresting two suspected people traffickers.

Two Mexican women were also rescued in the operations, the INM said.

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