Women Crossing US-Mexico Border Illegally Face Sexual Assault Cesar G. Rodriguez - Laredo Morning Times
go to original August 17, 2013

Blue Nation raises awareness of resources available to undocumented border crossers. (KRIS)

Recent documented reports have shown women are prone to being sexually assaulted while crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally.

This week, a local federal judge sentenced Juan Zavala Gutierrez, 22, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, to five years in prison for transporting illegal immigrants in the vicinity of Zachary Ranch in El Cenizo.

In April, a group of 11 people illegally crossed the Rio Grande. While hiding in a brushy area, Gutierrez ordered the female immigrants to undress, and he forced himself on them, a U.S. attorney’s office news release states.

This is one of the dangers when it comes to human smuggling, said Nina Pruneda, Homeland Security Investigations spokeswoman.

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